Serializer Demystified

The Serializer is an essential tool when building APIs with Symfony. Knowing it in more detail can save you a lot of time when you want to customize how your data is handled. In this talk we will look at how the Symfony Serializer works by default by having a deeper look at the provided Normalizers and then we will look at some use cases for customizing both how data is serialized and deserialized.

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2. SensioLabs Deutschland
   denis.brumann@sensiolabs.de
   @dbrumann
   

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12. Serializer
    normalize
    Serializer
    serialize() Normalizer
    Normalizer
    Normalizer
    Object Array
    supportsNormalization
    

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13. Serializer
    normalize
    Serializer
    serialize()
    Normalizer
    Object Array
    normalize
    

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14. Serializer
    normalize
    Serializer
    serialize() Normalizer
    Normalizer
    Normalizer
    Object Array
    supportsNormalization
    normalize
    

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15. Serializer
    normalize
    Serializer
    serialize()
    Normalizer
    Object
    Serializer
    encode
    Encoder
    JSON, XML, …
    Array
    encode
    

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20. Serializer
    decode
    Serializer
    deserialize()
    Decoder Object
    Serializer
    denormalize
    Denormalizer
    Array
    JSON, XML, …
    

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28. GetSetMethodNormalizer PropertyNormalizer ObjectNormalizer
    JsonSerializableNormalizer
    AbstractObjectNormalizer
    AbstractNormalizer
    

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29. GetSetMethodNormalizer
    get…, is…, has…
    set…
    PropertyNormalizer
    ObjectNormalizer
    

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30. GetSetMethodNormalizer
    get…, is…, has…
    set…
    PropertyNormalizer
    Reflection for accessing
    class attributes
    ObjectNormalizer
    

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31. GetSetMethodNormalizer
    get…, is…, has…
    set…
    PropertyNormalizer
    Reflection for accessing
    class attributes
    ObjectNormalizer
    Uses Symfony PropertyAccess:
    get…, is…, has…
    public properties
    add…/remove… for single entry in collections
    

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32. PropertyNormalizer
    GetSetMethodNormalizer
    

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33. PropertyNormalizer
    

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34. PropertyNormalizer
    GetSetMethodNormalizer
    ObjectNormalizer
    

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35. PropertyNormalizer
    GetSetMethodNormalizer
    ObjectNormalizer
    

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    Mary
    Betty
    

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