<?php

/*
 * Copyright 2013 Johannes M. Schmitt <schmittjoh@gmail.com>
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

namespace JMS\Serializer\Construction;

use JMS\Serializer\VisitorInterface;
use JMS\Serializer\Metadata\ClassMetadata;
use JMS\Serializer\DeserializationContext;

/**
 * Implementations of this interface construct new objects during deserialization.
 *
 * @author Johannes M. Schmitt <schmittjoh@gmail.com>
 */
interface ObjectConstructorInterface
{
    /**
     * Constructs a new object.
     *
     * Implementations could for example create a new object calling "new", use
     * "unserialize" techniques, reflection, or other means.
     *
     * @param VisitorInterface $visitor
     * @param ClassMetadata $metadata
     * @param mixed $data
     * @param array $type ["name" => string, "params" => array]
     *
     * @return object
     */
    public function construct(VisitorInterface $visitor, ClassMetadata $metadata, $data, array $type, DeserializationContext $context);
}