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<?php

/*
 * This file is part of the Symfony package.
 *
 * (c) Fabien Potencier <[e-mail]>
 *
 * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 * file that was distributed with this source code.
 */

namespace Symfony\Component\Serializer\Mapping;

/**
 * Stores metadata needed for serializing and deserializing attributes.
 *
 * Primarily, the metadata stores serialization groups.
 *
 * @internal
 *
 * @author Kévin Dunglas <[e-mail]>
 */
interface AttributeMetadataInterface
{
    /**
     * Gets the attribute name.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function getName();

    /**
     * Adds this attribute to the given group.
     *
     * @param string $group
     */
    public function addGroup($group);

    /**
     * Gets groups of this attribute.
     *
     * @return string[]
     */
    public function getGroups();

    /**
     * Sets the serialization max depth for this attribute.
     *
     * @param int|null $maxDepth
     */
    public function setMaxDepth($maxDepth);

    /**
     * Gets the serialization max depth for this attribute.
     *
     * @return int|null
     */
    public function getMaxDepth();

    /**
     * Merges an {@see AttributeMetadataInterface} with in the current one.
     */
    public function merge(self $attributeMetadata);
}