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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace OCP\EventDispatcher;
+
+use OC\Files\Node\NonExistingFile;
+use OC\Files\Node\NonExistingFolder;
+use OCP\Files\FileInfo;
+use OCP\IUser;
+
+/**
+ * Contains helper static methods to serialize OCP classes into arrays to pass json_encode.
+ * Useful for events implementing \JsonSerializable.
+ *
+ * @since 30.0.0
+ */
+
+final class JsonSerializer {
+	/**
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 */
+	public static function serializeFileInfo(FileInfo $node): array {
+		if ($node instanceof NonExistingFile || $node instanceof NonExistingFolder) {
+			return [
+				'path' => $node->getPath(),
+			];
+		} else {
+			return [
+				'id' => $node->getId(),
+				'path' => $node->getPath(),
+			];
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @since 30.0.0
+	 */
+	public static function serializeUser(IUser $user): array {
+		return [
+			'uid' => $user->getUID(),
+			'displayName' => $user->getDisplayName(),
+		];
+	}
+}