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This repository is a PHP library for creating and parsing HAL (Hypertext Application Language) documents in JSON and XML formats. It provides a fluent API to build HAL resources with links, embedded resources, and data, and render them to HAL+JSON or HAL+XML. The library also includes factories to parse HAL documents back into PHP objects. The architecture centers around the Hal class as the main resource representation, with separate renderers for JSON and XML, and link/resource containers. Key entry points are the Hal constructor, static fromJson/fromXml methods, and rendering methods asJson/asXml. The library has no external dependencies beyond PSR Link and PHP 8.2+, and is actively maintained with CI testing across multiple PHP versions.