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  1. <?php
  2. /**
  3. * @file
  4. * Provides a service for (de)serializing data to/from formats such as JSON and XML.
  5. */
  6. use Drupal\Core\Routing\RouteMatchInterface;
  7. /**
  8. * Implements hook_help().
  9. */
  10. function serialization_help($route_name, RouteMatchInterface $route_match) {
  11. switch ($route_name) {
  12. case 'help.page.serialization':
  13. $output = '';
  14. $output .= '<h3>' . t('About') . '</h3>';
  15. $output .= '<p>' . t('The Serialization module provides a service for serializing and deserializing data to and from formats such as JSON and XML.') . '</p>';
  16. $output .= '<p>' . t('Serialization is the process of converting data structures like arrays and objects into a string. This allows the data to be represented in a way that is easy to exchange and store (for example, for transmission over the Internet or for storage in a local file system). These representations can then be deserialized to get back to the original data structures.') . '</p>';
  17. $output .= '<p>' . t('The serializer splits this process into two parts. Normalization converts an object to a normalized array structure. Encoding takes that array and converts it to a string.') . '</p>';
  18. $output .= '<p>' . t('This module does not have a user interface. It is used by other modules which need to serialize data, such as <a href=":rest">REST</a>.', [':rest' => (\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('rest')) ? \Drupal::url('help.page', ['name' => 'rest']) : '#']) . '</p>';
  19. $output .= '<p>' . t('For more information, see the <a href=":doc_url">online documentation for the Serialization module</a>.', [':doc_url' => 'https://www.drupal.org/documentation/modules/serialization']) . '</p>';
  20. return $output;
  21. }
  22. }