<?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\Mapping\Factory; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Exception\NoSuchMetadataException; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\MetadataInterface; /** * Returns {@link \Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\MetadataInterface} instances for values. * * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com> */ interface MetadataFactoryInterface { /** * Returns the metadata for the given value. * * @param mixed $value Some value * * @return MetadataInterface The metadata for the value * * @throws NoSuchMetadataException If no metadata exists for the given value */ public function getMetadataFor($value); /** * Returns whether the class is able to return metadata for the given value. * * @param mixed $value Some value * * @return bool Whether metadata can be returned for that value */ public function hasMetadataFor($value); }