framework/web/Link.php
public static function serialize(array $links)
    {
        foreach ($links as $rel => $link) {
            if (is_array($link)) {
                foreach ($link as $i => $l) {
                    $link[$i] = $l instanceof self ? array_filter((array) $l) : ['href' => $l];
                }
                $links[$rel] = $link;
            } elseif (!$link instanceof self) {
                $links[$rel] = ['href' => $link];
            }
        }

        return $links;
    }
public static function serialize(array $links)
    {
        foreach ($links as $rel => $link) {
            if (is_array($link)) {
                foreach ($link as $i => $l) {
                    $link[$i] = $l instanceof self ? array_filter((array) $l) : ['href' => $l];
                }
                $links[$rel] = $link;
            } elseif (!$link instanceof self) {
                $links[$rel] = ['href' => $link];
            }
        }

        return $links;
    }
Serializes a list of links into proper array format.
@param array $links the links to be serialized
@return array the proper array representation of the links.