* * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE * file that was distributed with this source code. */ namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Encoder; use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\UnexpectedValueException; /** * @author Jordi Boggiano */ interface EncoderInterface { /** * Encodes data into the given format. * * @param mixed $data Data to encode * @param string $format Format name * @param array $context Options that normalizers/encoders have access to * * @return string * * @throws UnexpectedValueException */ public function encode($data, string $format, array $context = []); /** * Checks whether the serializer can encode to given format. * * @param string $format Format name * * @return bool */ public function supportsEncoding(string $format); }