1 <?php

     2 

     3 /*

     4  * This file is part of the Symfony package.

     5  *

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

     7  *

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

     9  * file that was distributed with this source code.

    10  */

    11 

    12 namespace Symfony\Component\Validator;

    13 

    14 use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;

    15 

    16 /**

    17  * Validates a given value.

    18  *

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

    20  *

    21  * @api

    22  */

    23 interface ValidatorInterface

    24 {

    25     /**

    26      * Validate the given object.

    27      *

    28      * @param object $object The object to validate

    29      * @param array|null $groups The validator groups to use for validating

    30      * @return ConstraintViolationList

    31      *

    32      * @api

    33      */

    34     function validate($object, $groups = null);

    35 

    36     /**

    37      * Validate a single property of an object against its current value.

    38      *

    39      * @param object $object The object to validate

    40      * @param string $property The name of the property to validate

    41      * @param array|null $groups The validator groups to use for validating

    42      * @return ConstraintViolationList

    43      *

    44      * @api

    45      */

    46     function validateProperty($object, $property, $groups = null);

    47 

    48     /**

    49      * Validate a single property of an object against the given value.

    50      *

    51      * @param string     $class    The class on which the property belongs

    52      * @param string     $property The name of the property to validate

    53      * @param string     $value

    54      * @param array|null $groups   The validator groups to use for validating

    55      * @return ConstraintViolationList

    56      *

    57      * @api

    58      */

    59     function validatePropertyValue($class, $property, $value, $groups = null);

    60 

    61     /**

    62      * Validates a given value against a specific Constraint.

    63      *

    64      * @param mixed $value The value to validate

    65      * @param Constraint $constraint The constraint to validate against

    66      * @param array|null $groups The validator groups to use for validating

    67      * @return ConstraintViolationList

    68      *

    69      * @api

    70      */

    71     function validateValue($value, Constraint $constraint, $groups = null);

    72 

    73     /**

    74      * Returns the factory for ClassMetadata instances

    75      *

    76      * @return Mapping\ClassMetadataFactoryInterface

    77      *

    78      * @api

    79      */

    80     function getMetadataFactory();

    81 }