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serialize

Serializes the object to a specified type

serialize( object, type, useCustomSerializer )

returns string

Argument Reference

Name	Type	Required	Default	Description
object	any	Yes		An object to be serialized.
type	string	Yes		A type to which the object will be serialized. ColdFusion, by default supports XML and JSON formats. You can also implement support for other types in the CustomSerializer CFC.
useCustomSerializer	boolean	No	YES	Whether to use the custom serializer or not. The custom serializer will be always used for XML deserialization. If false, the XML/JSON deserialization will be done using the default ColdFusion behavior. If any other type is passed with useCustomSerializer as false, then TypeNotSupportedException will be thrown.

Serialize with Lucee’s default serializer (Script syntax)

Lucee5+ This will serialize the object using the default serialization mechanism.

serialize({ "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Doe" });

Expected Result: {“lastName”:”Doe”,”firstName”:”John”}

Serialize to JSON (Script syntax)

This will serialize the object to JSON using ColdFusion’s default serialization mechanism.

serialize({ "firstName": "John", "lastName": "Doe" }, 'json');

Expected Result: {“lastName”:”Doe”,”firstName”:”John”}

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