class Serializer
The style plugin for serialized output formats.
Plugin annotation
@ViewsStyle(
  id = "serializer",
  title = @Translation("Serializer"),
  help = @Translation("Serializes views row data using the Serializer component."),
  display_types = {"data"}
)
  
  Hierarchy
- class \Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginBase implements \Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginInspectionInterface, \Drupal\Component\Plugin\DerivativeInspectionInterface
- class \Drupal\Core\Plugin\PluginBase uses \Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\StringTranslationTrait, \Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\DependencySerializationTrait, \Drupal\Core\Messenger\MessengerTrait extends \Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginBase
- class \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\PluginBase implements \Drupal\Core\Plugin\ContainerFactoryPluginInterface, \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\ViewsPluginInterface, \Drupal\Component\Plugin\DependentPluginInterface, \Drupal\Core\Security\TrustedCallbackInterface extends \Drupal\Core\Plugin\PluginBase
- class \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\style\StylePluginBase extends \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\PluginBase
- class \Drupal\rest\Plugin\views\style\Serializer implements \Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheableDependencyInterface extends \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\style\StylePluginBase
 
 
 - class \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\style\StylePluginBase extends \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\PluginBase
 
 - class \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\PluginBase implements \Drupal\Core\Plugin\ContainerFactoryPluginInterface, \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\ViewsPluginInterface, \Drupal\Component\Plugin\DependentPluginInterface, \Drupal\Core\Security\TrustedCallbackInterface extends \Drupal\Core\Plugin\PluginBase
 
 - class \Drupal\Core\Plugin\PluginBase uses \Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\StringTranslationTrait, \Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\DependencySerializationTrait, \Drupal\Core\Messenger\MessengerTrait extends \Drupal\Component\Plugin\PluginBase
 
Expanded class hierarchy of Serializer
Related topics
1 file declares its use of Serializer
- SerializerTest.php in core/
modules/ rest/ tests/ src/ Unit/ Plugin/ views/ style/ SerializerTest.php  
30 string references to 'Serializer'
- AuthenticationProviderPassTest::testEncoders in core/
tests/ Drupal/ Tests/ Core/ DependencyInjection/ Compiler/ AuthenticationProviderPassTest.php  - @covers ::process[[api-linebreak]]
 - CollectRoutesTest::setUp in core/
modules/ rest/ tests/ src/ Unit/ CollectRoutesTest.php  - EntitySerializationTest::setUp in core/
modules/ serialization/ tests/ src/ Kernel/ EntitySerializationTest.php  - FieldItemSerializationTest::setUp in core/
modules/ serialization/ tests/ src/ Kernel/ FieldItemSerializationTest.php  - LinkItemSerializationTest::setUp in core/
modules/ link/ tests/ src/ Kernel/ LinkItemSerializationTest.php  - Set the default field storage backend for fields created during tests.
 
File
- 
              core/
modules/ rest/ src/ Plugin/ views/ style/ Serializer.php, line 24  
Namespace
Drupal\rest\Plugin\views\styleView source
class Serializer extends StylePluginBase implements CacheableDependencyInterface {
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  protected $usesRowPlugin = TRUE;
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  protected $usesGrouping = FALSE;
  
  /**
   * The serializer which serializes the views result.
   *
   * @var \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Serializer
   */
  protected $serializer;
  
  /**
   * The available serialization formats.
   *
   * @var array
   */
  protected $formats = [];
  
  /**
   * The serialization format providers, keyed by format.
   *
   * @var string[]
   */
  protected $formatProviders;
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public static function create(ContainerInterface $container, array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition) {
    return new static($configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, $container->get('serializer'), $container->getParameter('serializer.formats'), $container->getParameter('serializer.format_providers'));
  }
  
  /**
   * Constructs a Plugin object.
   */
  public function __construct(array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, SerializerInterface $serializer, array $serializer_formats, array $serializer_format_providers) {
    parent::__construct($configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition);
    $this->definition = $plugin_definition + $configuration;
    $this->serializer = $serializer;
    $this->formats = $serializer_formats;
    $this->formatProviders = $serializer_format_providers;
  }
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  protected function defineOptions() {
    $options = parent::defineOptions();
    $options['formats'] = [
      'default' => [],
    ];
    return $options;
  }
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
    parent::buildOptionsForm($form, $form_state);
    $form['formats'] = [
      '#type' => 'checkboxes',
      '#title' => $this->t('Accepted request formats'),
      '#description' => $this->t('Request formats that will be allowed in responses. If none are selected all formats will be allowed.'),
      '#options' => $this->getFormatOptions(),
      '#default_value' => $this->options['formats'],
    ];
  }
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function submitOptionsForm(&$form, FormStateInterface $form_state) {
    parent::submitOptionsForm($form, $form_state);
    $formats = $form_state->getValue([
      'style_options',
      'formats',
    ]);
    $form_state->setValue([
      'style_options',
      'formats',
    ], array_filter($formats));
  }
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function render() {
    $rows = [];
    // If the Data Entity row plugin is used, this will be an array of entities
    // which will pass through Serializer to one of the registered Normalizers,
    // which will transform it to arrays/scalars. If the Data field row plugin
    // is used, $rows will not contain objects and will pass directly to the
    // Encoder.
    foreach ($this->view->result as $row_index => $row) {
      $this->view->row_index = $row_index;
      $rows[] = $this->view->rowPlugin
        ->render($row);
    }
    unset($this->view->row_index);
    // Get the content type configured in the display or fallback to the
    // default.
    if (empty($this->view->live_preview)) {
      $content_type = $this->displayHandler
        ->getContentType();
    }
    else {
      $content_type = !empty($this->options['formats']) ? reset($this->options['formats']) : 'json';
    }
    return $this->serializer
      ->serialize($rows, $content_type, [
      'views_style_plugin' => $this,
    ]);
  }
  
  /**
   * Gets a list of all available formats that can be requested.
   *
   * This will return the configured formats, or all formats if none have been
   * selected.
   *
   * @return array
   *   An array of formats.
   */
  public function getFormats() {
    return $this->options['formats'];
  }
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function getCacheMaxAge() {
    return Cache::PERMANENT;
  }
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function getCacheContexts() {
    return [
      'request_format',
    ];
  }
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function getCacheTags() {
    return [];
  }
  
  /**
   * {@inheritdoc}
   */
  public function calculateDependencies() {
    $dependencies = parent::calculateDependencies();
    $formats = $this->getFormats();
    $providers = array_intersect_key($this->formatProviders, array_flip($formats));
    // The plugin always uses services from the serialization module.
    $providers[] = 'serialization';
    $dependencies += [
      'module' => [],
    ];
    $dependencies['module'] = array_merge($dependencies['module'], $providers);
    return $dependencies;
  }
  
  /**
   * Returns an array of format options
   *
   * @return string[]
   *   An array of format options. Both key and value are the same.
   */
  protected function getFormatOptions() {
    $formats = array_keys($this->formatProviders);
    return array_combine($formats, $formats);
  }
}
Members
| Title Sort descending | Modifiers | Object type | Summary | Overriden Title | Overrides | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DependencySerializationTrait::$_entityStorages | protected | property | An array of entity type IDs keyed by the property name of their storages. | ||
| DependencySerializationTrait::$_serviceIds | protected | property | An array of service IDs keyed by property name used for serialization. | ||
| DependencySerializationTrait::__sleep | public | function | 1 | ||
| DependencySerializationTrait::__wakeup | public | function | 2 | ||
| MessengerTrait::$messenger | protected | property | The messenger. | 29 | |
| MessengerTrait::messenger | public | function | Gets the messenger. | 29 | |
| MessengerTrait::setMessenger | public | function | Sets the messenger. | ||
| PluginBase::$configuration | protected | property | Configuration information passed into the plugin. | 1 | |
| PluginBase::$definition | public | property | Plugins's definition | ||
| PluginBase::$displayHandler | public | property | The display object this plugin is for. | ||
| PluginBase::$options | public | property | Options for this plugin will be held here. | ||
| PluginBase::$pluginDefinition | protected | property | The plugin implementation definition. | 1 | |
| PluginBase::$pluginId | protected | property | The plugin_id. | ||
| PluginBase::$renderer | protected | property | Stores the render API renderer. | 3 | |
| PluginBase::$view | public | property | The top object of a view. | 1 | |
| PluginBase::DERIVATIVE_SEPARATOR | constant | A string which is used to separate base plugin IDs from the derivative ID. | |||
| PluginBase::doFilterByDefinedOptions | protected | function | Do the work to filter out stored options depending on the defined options. | ||
| PluginBase::filterByDefinedOptions | public | function | Filter out stored options depending on the defined options. | Overrides ViewsPluginInterface::filterByDefinedOptions | |
| PluginBase::getAvailableGlobalTokens | public | function | Returns an array of available token replacements. | Overrides ViewsPluginInterface::getAvailableGlobalTokens | |
| PluginBase::getBaseId | public | function | Gets the base_plugin_id of the plugin instance. | Overrides DerivativeInspectionInterface::getBaseId | |
| PluginBase::getDerivativeId | public | function | Gets the derivative_id of the plugin instance. | Overrides DerivativeInspectionInterface::getDerivativeId | |
| PluginBase::getPluginDefinition | public | function | Gets the definition of the plugin implementation. | Overrides PluginInspectionInterface::getPluginDefinition | 3 | 
| PluginBase::getPluginId | public | function | Gets the plugin_id of the plugin instance. | Overrides PluginInspectionInterface::getPluginId | |
| PluginBase::getProvider | public | function | Returns the plugin provider. | Overrides ViewsPluginInterface::getProvider | |
| PluginBase::getRenderer | protected | function | Returns the render API renderer. | 1 | |
| PluginBase::globalTokenForm | public | function | Adds elements for available core tokens to a form. | Overrides ViewsPluginInterface::globalTokenForm | |
| PluginBase::globalTokenReplace | public | function | Returns a string with any core tokens replaced. | Overrides ViewsPluginInterface::globalTokenReplace | |
| PluginBase::INCLUDE_ENTITY | constant | Include entity row languages when listing languages. | |||
| PluginBase::INCLUDE_NEGOTIATED | constant | Include negotiated languages when listing languages. | |||
| PluginBase::isConfigurable | public | function | Determines if the plugin is configurable. | ||
| PluginBase::listLanguages | protected | function | Makes an array of languages, optionally including special languages. | ||
| PluginBase::pluginTitle | public | function | Return the human readable name of the display. | Overrides ViewsPluginInterface::pluginTitle | |
| PluginBase::preRenderAddFieldsetMarkup | public static | function | Moves form elements into fieldsets for presentation purposes. | Overrides ViewsPluginInterface::preRenderAddFieldsetMarkup | |
| PluginBase::preRenderFlattenData | public static | function | Flattens the structure of form elements. | Overrides ViewsPluginInterface::preRenderFlattenData | |
| PluginBase::queryLanguageSubstitutions | public static | function | Returns substitutions for Views queries for languages. | ||
| PluginBase::setOptionDefaults | protected | function | Fills up the options of the plugin with defaults. | ||
| PluginBase::summaryTitle | public | function | Returns the summary of the settings in the display. | Overrides ViewsPluginInterface::summaryTitle | 6 | 
| PluginBase::themeFunctions | public | function | Provide a full list of possible theme templates used by this style. | Overrides ViewsPluginInterface::themeFunctions | 1 | 
| PluginBase::unpackOptions | public | function | Unpack options over our existing defaults, drilling down into arrays so that defaults don't get totally blown away.  | 
                            Overrides ViewsPluginInterface::unpackOptions | |
| PluginBase::usesOptions | public | function | Returns the usesOptions property. | Overrides ViewsPluginInterface::usesOptions | 8 | 
| PluginBase::viewsTokenReplace | protected | function | Replaces Views' tokens in a given string. The resulting string will be sanitized with Xss::filterAdmin.  | 
                            1 | |
| PluginBase::VIEWS_QUERY_LANGUAGE_SITE_DEFAULT | constant | Query string to indicate the site default language. | |||
| Serializer::$formatProviders | protected | property | The serialization format providers, keyed by format. | ||
| Serializer::$formats | protected | property | The available serialization formats. | ||
| Serializer::$serializer | protected | property | The serializer which serializes the views result. | ||
| Serializer::$usesGrouping | protected | property | Does the style plugin support grouping of rows. | Overrides StylePluginBase::$usesGrouping | |
| Serializer::$usesRowPlugin | protected | property | Whether or not this style uses a row plugin. | Overrides StylePluginBase::$usesRowPlugin | |
| Serializer::buildOptionsForm | public | function | Provide a form to edit options for this plugin. | Overrides StylePluginBase::buildOptionsForm | |
| Serializer::calculateDependencies | public | function | Calculates dependencies for the configured plugin. | Overrides PluginBase::calculateDependencies | |
| Serializer::create | public static | function | Creates an instance of the plugin. | Overrides PluginBase::create | |
| Serializer::defineOptions | protected | function | Information about options for all kinds of purposes will be held here. | Overrides StylePluginBase::defineOptions | |
| Serializer::getCacheContexts | public | function | The cache contexts associated with this object. | Overrides CacheableDependencyInterface::getCacheContexts | |
| Serializer::getCacheMaxAge | public | function | The maximum age for which this object may be cached. | Overrides CacheableDependencyInterface::getCacheMaxAge | |
| Serializer::getCacheTags | public | function | The cache tags associated with this object. | Overrides CacheableDependencyInterface::getCacheTags | |
| Serializer::getFormatOptions | protected | function | Returns an array of format options | ||
| Serializer::getFormats | public | function | Gets a list of all available formats that can be requested. | ||
| Serializer::render | public | function | Render the display in this style. | Overrides StylePluginBase::render | |
| Serializer::submitOptionsForm | public | function | Handle any special handling on the validate form. | Overrides PluginBase::submitOptionsForm | |
| Serializer::__construct | public | function | Constructs a Plugin object. | Overrides PluginBase::__construct | |
| StringTranslationTrait::$stringTranslation | protected | property | The string translation service. | 1 | |
| StringTranslationTrait::formatPlural | protected | function | Formats a string containing a count of items. | ||
| StringTranslationTrait::getNumberOfPlurals | protected | function | Returns the number of plurals supported by a given language. | ||
| StringTranslationTrait::getStringTranslation | protected | function | Gets the string translation service. | ||
| StringTranslationTrait::setStringTranslation | public | function | Sets the string translation service to use. | 2 | |
| StringTranslationTrait::t | protected | function | Translates a string to the current language or to a given language. | ||
| StylePluginBase::$defaultFieldLabels | protected | property | Should field labels be enabled by default. | 1 | |
| StylePluginBase::$groupingTheme | protected | property | The theme function used to render the grouping set. | ||
| StylePluginBase::$rendered_fields | protected | property | Stores the rendered field values, keyed by the row index and field name. | ||
| StylePluginBase::$rowTokens | protected | property | Store all available tokens row rows. | ||
| StylePluginBase::$usesFields | protected | property | Does the style plugin for itself support to add fields to its output. | 3 | |
| StylePluginBase::$usesOptions | protected | property | Denotes whether the plugin has an additional options form. | Overrides PluginBase::$usesOptions | |
| StylePluginBase::$usesRowClass | protected | property | Does the style plugin support custom css class for the rows. | 3 | |
| StylePluginBase::buildSort | public | function | Called by the view builder to see if this style handler wants to interfere with the sorts. If so it should build; if it returns any non-TRUE value, normal sorting will NOT be added to the query.  | 
                            1 | |
| StylePluginBase::buildSortPost | public | function | Called by the view builder to let the style build a second set of sorts that will come after any other sorts in the view.  | 
                            1 | |
| StylePluginBase::defaultFieldLabels | public | function | Return TRUE if this style enables field labels by default. | 1 | |
| StylePluginBase::destroy | public | function | Clears a plugin. | Overrides PluginBase::destroy | |
| StylePluginBase::elementPreRenderRow | public | function | #pre_render callback for view row field rendering. | ||
| StylePluginBase::evenEmpty | public | function | Should the output of the style plugin be rendered even if it's a empty view. | 2 | |
| StylePluginBase::getField | public | function | Gets a rendered field. | ||
| StylePluginBase::getFieldValue | public | function | Get the raw field value. | ||
| StylePluginBase::getRowClass | public | function | Return the token replaced row class for the specified row. | ||
| StylePluginBase::init | public | function | Overrides \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\PluginBase::init(). | Overrides PluginBase::init | |
| StylePluginBase::preRender | public | function | Allow the style to do stuff before each row is rendered. | ||
| StylePluginBase::query | public | function | Add anything to the query that we might need to. | Overrides PluginBase::query | 1 | 
| StylePluginBase::renderFields | protected | function | Renders all of the fields for a given style and store them on the object. | ||
| StylePluginBase::renderGrouping | public | function | Group records as needed for rendering. | ||
| StylePluginBase::renderGroupingSets | public | function | Render the grouping sets. | ||
| StylePluginBase::renderRowGroup | protected | function | Renders a group of rows of the grouped view. | ||
| StylePluginBase::tokenizeValue | public | function | Take a value and apply token replacement logic to it. | ||
| StylePluginBase::trustedCallbacks | public static | function | Lists the trusted callbacks provided by the implementing class. | Overrides PluginBase::trustedCallbacks | |
| StylePluginBase::usesFields | public | function | Return TRUE if this style also uses fields. | 3 | |
| StylePluginBase::usesGrouping | public | function | Returns the usesGrouping property. | 3 | |
| StylePluginBase::usesRowClass | public | function | Returns the usesRowClass property. | 3 | |
| StylePluginBase::usesRowPlugin | public | function | Returns the usesRowPlugin property. | 10 | |
| StylePluginBase::usesTokens | public | function | Return TRUE if this style uses tokens. | ||
| StylePluginBase::validate | public | function | Validate that the plugin is correct and can be saved. | Overrides PluginBase::validate | |
| StylePluginBase::validateOptionsForm | public | function | Validate the options form. | Overrides PluginBase::validateOptionsForm | |
| StylePluginBase::wizardForm | public | function | Provide a form in the views wizard if this style is selected. | ||
| StylePluginBase::wizardSubmit | public | function | Alter the options of a display before they are added to the view. | 1 | |
| TrustedCallbackInterface::THROW_EXCEPTION | constant | Untrusted callbacks throw exceptions. | |||
| TrustedCallbackInterface::TRIGGER_SILENCED_DEPRECATION | constant | Untrusted callbacks trigger silenced E_USER_DEPRECATION errors. | |||
| TrustedCallbackInterface::TRIGGER_WARNING | constant | Untrusted callbacks trigger E_USER_WARNING errors. | 
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