name : ValidatorInterface.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\Validator; /** * Validates values and graphs of objects and arrays. * * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com> * * @api */ interface ValidatorInterface { /** * Validates a value. * * The accepted values depend on the {@link MetadataFactoryInterface} * implementation. * * @param mixed $value The value to validate * @param array|null $groups The validation groups to validate. * @param Boolean $traverse Whether to traverse the value if it is traversable. * @param Boolean $deep Whether to traverse nested traversable values recursively. * * @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations. If the * list is empty, validation succeeded. * * @api */ public function validate($value, $groups = null, $traverse = false, $deep = false); /** * Validates a property of a value against its current value. * * The accepted values depend on the {@link MetadataFactoryInterface} * implementation. * * @param mixed $containingValue The value containing the property. * @param string $property The name of the property to validate. * @param array|null $groups The validation groups to validate. * * @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations. If the * list is empty, validation succeeded. * * @api */ public function validateProperty($containingValue, $property, $groups = null); /** * Validate a property of a value against a potential value. * * The accepted values depend on the {@link MetadataFactoryInterface} * implementation. * * @param string $containingValue The value containing the property. * @param string $property The name of the property to validate * @param string $value The value to validate against the * constraints of the property. * @param array|null $groups The validation groups to validate. * * @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations. If the * list is empty, validation succeeded. * * @api */ public function validatePropertyValue($containingValue, $property, $value, $groups = null); /** * Validates a value against a constraint or a list of constraints. * * @param mixed $value The value to validate. * @param Constraint|Constraint[] $constraints The constraint(s) to validate against. * @param array|null $groups The validation groups to validate. * * @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations. If the * list is empty, validation succeeded. * * @api */ public function validateValue($value, $constraints, $groups = null); /** * Returns the factory for metadata instances. * * @return MetadataFactoryInterface The metadata factory. * * @api */ public function getMetadataFactory(); }