<?php

/*

 *  $Id: EventListener.php 4653 2008-07-10 17:17:58Z romanb $

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 */

namespace Doctrine\Common;

/**

 * An EventSubscriber knows himself what events he is interested in.

 * If an EventSubscriber is added to an EventManager, the manager invokes

 * {@link getSubscribedEvents} and registers the subscriber as a listener for all

 * returned events.

 *

 * @license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php LGPL

 * @link    www.doctrine-project.org

 * @since   2.0

 * @author  Guilherme Blanco <guilhermeblanco@hotmail.com>

 * @author  Jonathan Wage <jonwage@gmail.com>

 * @author  Roman Borschel <roman@code-factory.org>

 */

interface EventSubscriber

{

    /**

     * Returns an array of events this subscriber wants to listen to.

     *

     * @return array

     */

    public function getSubscribedEvents();

}