26 lines
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26 lines
1.7 KiB
Plaintext
<?php
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/**
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* @file
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* Provides a service for (de)serializing data to/from formats such as JSON and XML.
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*/
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use Drupal\Core\Routing\RouteMatchInterface;
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/**
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* Implements hook_help().
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*/
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function serialization_help($route_name, RouteMatchInterface $route_match) {
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switch ($route_name) {
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case 'help.page.serialization':
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$output = '';
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$output .= '<h3>' . t('About') . '</h3>';
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$output .= '<p>' . t('The Serialization module provides a service for serializing and deserializing data to and from formats such as JSON and XML.') . '</p>';
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$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>';
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$output .= '<p>' . t('The serializer splits this process into two parts. Normalization converts an object to a normalized array structure. Encoding takes that array and converts it to a string.') . '</p>';
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$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>.', array('!rest' => (\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('rest')) ? \Drupal::url('help.page', array('name' => 'rest')) : '#')) . '</p>';
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$output .= '<p>' . t('For more information, see the <a href="!doc_url">online documentation for the Serialization module</a>.', array('!doc_url' => 'https://www.drupal.org/documentation/modules/serialization')) . '</p>';
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return $output;
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}
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}
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