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<?php
/*
* This file is part of the Symfony package.
*
* (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
*
* For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
* file that was distributed with this source code.
*/
namespace Symfony\Component\Validator;
/**
* Validates values and graphs of objects and arrays.
*
* @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
*
* @api
*/
interface ValidatorInterface
{
/**
* Validates a value.
*
* The accepted values depend on the {@link MetadataFactoryInterface}
* implementation.
*
* @param mixed $value The value to validate
* @param array|null $groups The validation groups to validate.
* @param Boolean $traverse Whether to traverse the value if it is traversable.
* @param Boolean $deep Whether to traverse nested traversable values recursively.
*
* @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations. If the
* list is empty, validation succeeded.
*
* @api
*/
public function validate($value, $groups = null, $traverse = false, $deep = false);
/**
* Validates a property of a value against its current value.
*
* The accepted values depend on the {@link MetadataFactoryInterface}
* implementation.
*
* @param mixed $containingValue The value containing the property.
* @param string $property The name of the property to validate.
* @param array|null $groups The validation groups to validate.
*
* @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations. If the
* list is empty, validation succeeded.
*
* @api
*/
public function validateProperty($containingValue, $property, $groups = null);
/**
* Validate a property of a value against a potential value.
*
* The accepted values depend on the {@link MetadataFactoryInterface}
* implementation.
*
* @param string $containingValue The value containing the property.
* @param string $property The name of the property to validate
* @param string $value The value to validate against the
* constraints of the property.
* @param array|null $groups The validation groups to validate.
*
* @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations. If the
* list is empty, validation succeeded.
*
* @api
*/
public function validatePropertyValue($containingValue, $property, $value, $groups = null);
/**
* Validates a value against a constraint or a list of constraints.
*
* @param mixed $value The value to validate.
* @param Constraint|Constraint[] $constraints The constraint(s) to validate against.
* @param array|null $groups The validation groups to validate.
*
* @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations. If the
* list is empty, validation succeeded.
*
* @api
*/
public function validateValue($value, $constraints, $groups = null);
/**
* Returns the factory for metadata instances.
*
* @return MetadataFactoryInterface The metadata factory.
*
* @api
*/
public function getMetadataFactory();
}