@@ -192,17 +192,26 @@ Now you can create, retrieve, update and delete items using this cache pool::
192192
193193For a list of all of the supported adapters, see :doc: `/components/cache/cache_pools `.
194194
195- Serializing Data
196- ----------------
195+ Marshalling ( Serializing) Data
196+ ------------------------------
197197
198- When an item is stored in the cache, it is serialised to a string. It is a class
199- implementing :class: `Symfony\\ Component\\ Cache\\ Marshaller\\ MarshallerInterface `
200- that is responsible for serializing and unserializing. Or to be technically correct:
201- to ``marshall() `` and to ``unmarshall() ``.
198+ .. note ::
199+
200+ `Marshalling `_ and `serializing `_ are similar concepts. Serializing is the
201+ process of translating an object state into a format that can be stored
202+ (e.g. in a file). Marshalling is the process of translating both the object
203+ state and its codebase into a format that can be stored or transmitted.
204+
205+ Unmarshalling an object produces a copy of the original object, possibly by
206+ automatically loading the class definitions of the object.
207+
208+ Symfony uses *marshallers * (classes which implement
209+ :class: `Symfony\\ Component\\ Cache\\ Marshaller\\ MarshallerInterface `) to process
210+ the cache items before storing them.
202211
203- The :class: `Symfony\\ Component\\ Cache\\ Marshaller\\ DefaultMarshaller ` is using PHP's
204- ``serialize() `` or ``igbinary_serialize() `` if the Igbinary extension is installed.
205- There are other marshallers that will encrypt or compress the data before storing it::
212+ The :class: `Symfony\\ Component\\ Cache\\ Marshaller\\ DefaultMarshaller ` uses PHP's
213+ ``serialize() `` or ``igbinary_serialize() `` if the ` Igbinary extension `_ is installed.
214+ There are other * marshallers * that can encrypt or compress the data before storing it::
206215
207216 use Symfony\Component\Cache\Adapter\RedisAdapter;
208217 use Symfony\Component\Cache\DefaultMarshaller;
@@ -224,3 +233,6 @@ Advanced Usage
224233.. _`Cache Contracts` : https://github.com/symfony/contracts/blob/master/Cache/CacheInterface.php
225234.. _`Stampede prevention` : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_stampede
226235.. _Probabilistic early expiration : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache_stampede#Probabilistic_early_expiration
236+ .. _`Marshalling` : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshalling_(computer_science)
237+ .. _`serializing` : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serialization
238+ .. _`Igbinary extension` : https://github.com/igbinary/igbinary
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