FieldItemNormalizer.php

<?php

namespace Drupal\serialization\Normalizer;

use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\DenormalizerInterface;

/**
 * Denormalizes field item object structure by updating the entity field values.
 */
class FieldItemNormalizer extends ComplexDataNormalizer implements DenormalizerInterface {
    use FieldableEntityNormalizerTrait;
    use SerializedColumnNormalizerTrait;
    
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    protected $supportedInterfaceOrClass = FieldItemInterface::class;
    
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = NULL, array $context = []) {
        if (!isset($context['target_instance'])) {
            throw new InvalidArgumentException('$context[\'target_instance\'] must be set to denormalize with the FieldItemNormalizer');
        }
        if ($context['target_instance']->getParent() == NULL) {
            throw new InvalidArgumentException('The field item passed in via $context[\'target_instance\'] must have a parent set.');
        }
        
        /** @var \Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemInterface $field_item */
        $field_item = $context['target_instance'];
        $this->checkForSerializedStrings($data, $class, $field_item);
        $field_item->setValue($this->constructValue($data, $context));
        return $field_item;
    }

}