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: use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
Chris@0: 
Chris@0: /**
Chris@0:  * A container for validation metadata.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * Most importantly, the metadata stores the constraints against which an object
Chris@0:  * and its properties should be validated.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * Additionally, the metadata stores whether objects should be validated
Chris@0:  * against their class' metadata and whether traversable objects should be
Chris@0:  * traversed or not.
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
Chris@0:  *
Chris@0:  * @see CascadingStrategy
Chris@0:  * @see TraversalStrategy
Chris@0:  */
Chris@0: interface MetadataInterface
Chris@0: {
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Returns the strategy for cascading objects.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return int The cascading strategy
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @see CascadingStrategy
Chris@0:      */
Chris@0:     public function getCascadingStrategy();
Chris@0: 
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Returns the strategy for traversing traversable objects.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return int The traversal strategy
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @see TraversalStrategy
Chris@0:      */
Chris@0:     public function getTraversalStrategy();
Chris@0: 
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Returns all constraints of this element.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return Constraint[] A list of Constraint instances
Chris@0:      */
Chris@0:     public function getConstraints();
Chris@0: 
Chris@0:     /**
Chris@0:      * Returns all constraints for a given validation group.
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @param string $group The validation group
Chris@0:      *
Chris@0:      * @return Constraint[] A list of constraint instances
Chris@0:      */
Chris@0:     public function findConstraints($group);
Chris@0: }