name : EncoderFactoryInterface.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\Security\Core\Encoder; use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface; /** * EncoderFactoryInterface to support different encoders for different accounts. * * @author Johannes M. Schmitt <schmittjoh@gmail.com> */ interface EncoderFactoryInterface { /** * Returns the password encoder to use for the given account. * * @param UserInterface|string $user A UserInterface instance or a class name * * @return PasswordEncoderInterface * * @throws \RuntimeException when no password encoder could be found for the user */ public function getEncoder($user); }