Chris@0: <?php
Chris@0: 
Chris@0: /*
Chris@0:  * This file is part of the Symfony package.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
Chris@0:  * file that was distributed with this source code.
Chris@0:  */
Chris@0: 
Chris@0: namespace Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping;
Chris@0: 
Chris@0: /**
Chris@0:  * Stores all metadata needed for validating the value of a class property.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * Most importantly, the metadata stores the constraints against which the
Chris@0:  * property's value should be validated.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * Additionally, the metadata stores whether objects stored in the property
Chris@0:  * should be validated against their class' metadata and whether traversable
Chris@0:  * objects should be traversed or not.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * @see MetadataInterface
Chris@0:  * @see CascadingStrategy
Chris@0:  * @see TraversalStrategy
Chris@0:  */
Chris@0: interface PropertyMetadataInterface extends MetadataInterface
Chris@0: {
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Returns the name of the property.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return string The property name
Chris@0:      */
Chris@0:     public function getPropertyName();
Chris@0: 
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Extracts the value of the property from the given container.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @param mixed $containingValue The container to extract the property value from
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return mixed The value of the property
Chris@0:      */
Chris@0:     public function getPropertyValue($containingValue);
Chris@0: }