<?php

namespace Metadata\Cache;

use Metadata\ClassMetadata;

interface CacheInterface

{

    /**

     * Loads a class metadata instance from the cache

     *

     * @param \ReflectionClass $class

     *

     * @return ClassMetadata

     */

    function loadClassMetadataFromCache(\ReflectionClass $class);

    /**

     * Puts a class metadata instance into the cache

     *

     * @param ClassMetadata $metadata

     *

     * @return void

     */

    function putClassMetadataInCache(ClassMetadata $metadata);

    /**

     * Evicts the class metadata for the given class from the cache.

     *

     * @param \ReflectionClass $class

     *

     * @return void

     */

    function evictClassMetadataFromCache(\ReflectionClass $class);

}