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<?php
/**
* ownCloud - News
*
* This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
* later. See the COPYING file.
* @author Bernhard Posselt <[email protected]>
* @copyright Bernhard Posselt 2014
*/
namespace OCA\News\Controller;
use \OCA\News\Db\IAPI;
class EntityApiSerializer {
private $level;
public function __construct($level) {
$this->level = $level;
}
* Call toAPI() method on all entities. Works on
* @param mixed $data :
* * Entity
* * Entity[]
* * array('level' => Entity[])
* * Response
* @return array|mixed
public function serialize($data) {
if($data instanceof IAPI) {
return [$this->level => [$data->toAPI()]];
if(is_array($data) && array_key_exists($this->level, $data)) {
$data[$this->level] = $this->convert($data[$this->level]);
} elseif(is_array($data)) {
$data = [$this->level => $this->convert($data)];
return $data;
private function convert($entities) {
$converted = [];
foreach($entities as $entity) {
if($entity instanceof IAPI) {
$converted[] = $entity->toAPI();
// break if it contains anything else than entities
} else {
return $entities;
return $converted;