ValidatorInterface.php in Plug 7

Namespace

Symfony\Component\Validator\Validator

File

lib/Symfony/validator/Symfony/Component/Validator/Validator/ValidatorInterface.php

<?php

/*
 * This file is part of the Symfony package.
 *
 * (c) Fabien Potencier <[e-mail]>
 *
 * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
 * file that was distributed with this source code.
 */
namespace Symfony\Component\Validator\Validator;

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintViolationListInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Context\ExecutionContextInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\Factory\MetadataFactoryInterface;

/**
 * Validates PHP values against constraints.
 *
 * @since  2.5
 * @author Bernhard Schussek <[e-mail]>
 */
interface ValidatorInterface extends MetadataFactoryInterface {

  /**
   * Validates a value against a constraint or a list of constraints.
   *
   * If no constraint is passed, the constraint
   * {@link \Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Valid} is assumed.
   *
   * @param mixed                   $value       The value to validate
   * @param Constraint|Constraint[] $constraints The constraint(s) to validate
   *                                             against
   * @param array|null              $groups      The validation groups to
   *                                             validate. If none is given,
   *                                             "Default" is assumed
   *
   * @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations.
   *                                          If the list is empty, validation
   *                                          succeeded
   */
  public function validate($value, $constraints = null, $groups = null);

  /**
   * Validates a property of an object against the constraints specified
   * for this property.
   *
   * @param object     $object       The object
   * @param string     $propertyName The name of the validated property
   * @param array|null $groups       The validation groups to validate. If
   *                                 none is given, "Default" is assumed
   *
   * @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations.
   *                                          If the list is empty, validation
   *                                          succeeded
   */
  public function validateProperty($object, $propertyName, $groups = null);

  /**
   * Validates a value against the constraints specified for an object's
   * property.
   *
   * @param object|string $objectOrClass The object or its class name
   * @param string        $propertyName  The name of the property
   * @param mixed         $value         The value to validate against the
   *                                     property's constraints
   * @param array|null    $groups        The validation groups to validate. If
   *                                     none is given, "Default" is assumed
   *
   * @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations.
   *                                          If the list is empty, validation
   *                                          succeeded
   */
  public function validatePropertyValue($objectOrClass, $propertyName, $value, $groups = null);

  /**
   * Starts a new validation context and returns a validator for that context.
   *
   * The returned validator collects all violations generated within its
   * context. You can access these violations with the
   * {@link ContextualValidatorInterface::getViolations()} method.
   *
   * @return ContextualValidatorInterface The validator for the new context
   */
  public function startContext();

  /**
   * Returns a validator in the given execution context.
   *
   * The returned validator adds all generated violations to the given
   * context.
   *
   * @param ExecutionContextInterface $context The execution context
   *
   * @return ContextualValidatorInterface The validator for that context
   */
  public function inContext(ExecutionContextInterface $context);

}

Interfaces

Name	Description
ValidatorInterface	Validates PHP values against constraints.