name : UrlGeneratorInterface.php <?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\Routing\Generator; use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\InvalidParameterException; use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\MissingMandatoryParametersException; use Symfony\Component\Routing\Exception\RouteNotFoundException; use Symfony\Component\Routing\RequestContextAwareInterface; /** * UrlGeneratorInterface is the interface that all URL generator classes must implement. * * The constants in this interface define the different types of resource references that * are declared in RFC 3986: http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986 * We are using the term "URL" instead of "URI" as this is more common in web applications * and we do not need to distinguish them as the difference is mostly semantical and * less technical. Generating URIs, i.e. representation-independent resource identifiers, * is also possible. * * @author Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com> * @author Tobias Schultze <http://tobion.de> * * @api */ interface UrlGeneratorInterface extends RequestContextAwareInterface { /** * Generates an absolute URL, e.g. "http://example.com/dir/file". */ const ABSOLUTE_URL = true; /** * Generates an absolute path, e.g. "/dir/file". */ const ABSOLUTE_PATH = false; /** * Generates a relative path based on the current request path, e.g. "../parent-file". * @see UrlGenerator::getRelativePath() */ const RELATIVE_PATH = 'relative'; /** * Generates a network path, e.g. "//example.com/dir/file". * Such reference reuses the current scheme but specifies the host. */ const NETWORK_PATH = 'network'; /** * Generates a URL or path for a specific route based on the given parameters. * * Parameters that reference placeholders in the route pattern will substitute them in the * path or host. Extra params are added as query string to the URL. * * When the passed reference type cannot be generated for the route because it requires a different * host or scheme than the current one, the method will return a more comprehensive reference * that includes the required params. For example, when you call this method with $referenceType = ABSOLUTE_PATH * but the route requires the https scheme whereas the current scheme is http, it will instead return an * ABSOLUTE_URL with the https scheme and the current host. This makes sure the generated URL matches * the route in any case. * * If there is no route with the given name, the generator must throw the RouteNotFoundException. * * @param string $name The name of the route * @param mixed $parameters An array of parameters * @param Boolean|string $referenceType The type of reference to be generated (one of the constants) * * @return string The generated URL * * @throws RouteNotFoundException If the named route doesn't exist * @throws MissingMandatoryParametersException When some parameters are missing that are mandatory for the route * @throws InvalidParameterException When a parameter value for a placeholder is not correct because * it does not match the requirement * * @api */ public function generate($name, $parameters = array(), $referenceType = self::ABSOLUTE_PATH); }