' . t('The Serialization module provides a service for serializing and deserializing data to and from formats such as JSON and XML.') . '

' . 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.') . '

' . 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.') . '

' . t('This module does not have a user interface. It is used by other modules which need to serialize data, such as REST.', [':rest' => (\Drupal::moduleHandler()->moduleExists('rest')) ? \Drupal::url('help.page', ['name' => 'rest']) : '#']) . '

' . t('For more information, see the online documentation for the Serialization module.', [':doc_url' => 'https://www.drupal.org/documentation/modules/serialization']) . '