1 <?php

     2 

     3 namespace Symfony\Component\Validator;

     4 

     5 /*

     6  * This file is part of the Symfony package.

     7  *

     8  * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>

     9  *

    10  * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE

    11  * file that was distributed with this source code.

    12  */

    13 

    14 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadataFactoryInterface;

    15 

    16 /**

    17  * Stores settings for creating a new validator and creates validators

    18  *

    19  * The methods in this class are chainable, i.e. they return the context

    20  * object itself. When you have finished configuring the new validator, call

    21  * getValidator() to create the it.

    22  *

    23  * <code>

    24  * $validator = $context

    25  *     ->setClassMetadataFactory($customFactory)

    26  *     ->getValidator();

    27  * </code>

    28  *

    29  * @author Bernhard Schussek <bernhard.schussek@symfony.com>

    30  */

    31 interface ValidatorContextInterface

    32 {

    33     /**

    34      * Sets the class metadata factory used in the new validator

    35      *

    36      * @param ClassMetadataFactoryInterface $classMetadataFactory The factory instance

    37      */

    38     function setClassMetadataFactory(ClassMetadataFactoryInterface $classMetadataFactory);

    39 

    40     /**

    41      * Sets the constraint validator factory used in the new validator

    42      *

    43      * @param ConstraintValidatorFactoryInterface $constraintValidatorFactory The factory instance

    44      */

    45     function setConstraintValidatorFactory(ConstraintValidatorFactoryInterface $constraintValidatorFactory);

    46 

    47     /**

    48      * Creates a new validator with the settings stored in this context

    49      *

    50      * @return ValidatorInterface   The new validator

    51      */

    52     function getValidator();

    53 }