debian-mirror-gitlab/app/serializers/merge_request_serializer.rb

class MergeRequestSerializer < BaseSerializer
  # This overrided method takes care of which entity should be used
  # to serialize the `merge_request` based on `serializer` key in `opts` param.
  # Hence, `entity` doesn't need to be declared on the class scope.
  def represent(merge_request, opts = {})
    entity =
      case opts[:serializer]
      when 'basic', 'sidebar'
        MergeRequestBasicEntity
      else # It's 'widget'
        MergeRequestWidgetEntity
      end

    super(merge_request, opts, entity)
  end
end