objects are turned into arrays by normalizers
arrays are turned into various output formats by encoders
$serializer->serialize($obj, 'xml')
$serializer->decode($data, 'xml')
$serializer->denormalize($data, 'Class', 'xml')
Author:
Jordi Boggiano (j.boggiano@seld.be)
Author:
Johannes M. Schmitt (schmittjoh@gmail.com)