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Symfony\Component\Serializer\Mapping\ClassMetadataInterface

interface ClassMetadataInterface

Stores metadata needed for serializing and deserializing objects of specific class.

Primarily, the metadata stores the set of attributes to serialize or deserialize.

There may only exist one metadata for each attribute according to its name.

Methods

string getName()

Returns the name of the backing PHP class.

addAttributeMetadata(AttributeMetadataInterface $attributeMetadata)

Adds an {@link AttributeMetadataInterface}.

AttributeMetadataInterface[] getAttributesMetadata()

Gets the list of {@link AttributeMetadataInterface}.

merge(ClassMetadataInterface $classMetadata)

Merges a {@link ClassMetadataInterface} in the current one.

ReflectionClass getReflectionClass()

Returns a {@link \ReflectionClass} instance for this class.

Details

public string getName()

Returns the name of the backing PHP class.

Return Value

string The name of the backing class.

public addAttributeMetadata(AttributeMetadataInterface $attributeMetadata)

Adds an {@link AttributeMetadataInterface}.

Parameters

AttributeMetadataInterface $attributeMetadata

public AttributeMetadataInterface[] getAttributesMetadata()

Gets the list of {@link AttributeMetadataInterface}.

public merge(ClassMetadataInterface $classMetadata)

Merges a {@link ClassMetadataInterface} in the current one.

Parameters

ClassMetadataInterface $classMetadata

public ReflectionClass getReflectionClass()

Returns a {@link \ReflectionClass} instance for this class.

Return Value

ReflectionClass

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