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\Serializer\Mapping;
Chris@0: 
Chris@0: /**
Chris@0:  * Stores metadata needed for serializing and deserializing objects of specific class.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * Primarily, the metadata stores the set of attributes to serialize or deserialize.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * There may only exist one metadata for each attribute according to its name.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * @internal
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * @author Kévin Dunglas <dunglas@gmail.com>
Chris@0:  */
Chris@0: interface ClassMetadataInterface
Chris@0: {
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Returns the name of the backing PHP class.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return string The name of the backing class
Chris@0:      */
Chris@0:     public function getName();
Chris@0: 
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Adds an {@link AttributeMetadataInterface}.
Chris@0:      */
Chris@0:     public function addAttributeMetadata(AttributeMetadataInterface $attributeMetadata);
Chris@0: 
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Gets the list of {@link AttributeMetadataInterface}.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return AttributeMetadataInterface[]
Chris@0:      */
Chris@0:     public function getAttributesMetadata();
Chris@0: 
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Merges a {@link ClassMetadataInterface} in the current one.
Chris@0:      */
Chris@16:     public function merge(self $classMetadata);
Chris@0: 
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Returns a {@link \ReflectionClass} instance for this class.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return \ReflectionClass
Chris@0:      */
Chris@0:     public function getReflectionClass();
Chris@0: }