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legacy/serializer
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Symfony Serializer Component v2.\*

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Symfony's Serializer Component v2.0
===================================

[](#symfonys-serializer-component-v20)

This bundle is a copy of the v2.0 branch from  where all namespaces have been altered from `Symfony\Component\Serializer` to `Legacy\Symfony\Component\Serializer`

**USE AT YOUR OWN RISK, THIS BUNDLE'S CODE HAS BEEN UNMAINTAINED SINCE 2012.**

Serializer Component
====================

[](#serializer-component)

With the Serializer component its possible to handle serializing data structures, including object graphs, into array structures or other formats like XML and JSON. It can also handle deserializing XML and JSON back to object graphs.

Resources
---------

[](#resources)

Unit tests:

###  Health Score

22

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LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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