. */ namespace Doctrine\Common\Persistence\Mapping; /** * Contract for a Doctrine persistence layer ClassMetadata class to implement. * * @link www.doctrine-project.org * @since 2.1 * @author Benjamin Eberlei * @author Jonathan Wage */ interface ClassMetadata { /** * Gets the fully-qualified class name of this persistent class. * * @return string */ public function getName(); /** * Gets the mapped identifier field name. * * The returned structure is an array of the identifier field names. * * @return array */ public function getIdentifier(); /** * Gets the ReflectionClass instance for this mapped class. * * @return \ReflectionClass */ public function getReflectionClass(); /** * Checks if the given field name is a mapped identifier for this class. * * @param string $fieldName * * @return boolean */ public function isIdentifier($fieldName); /** * Checks if the given field is a mapped property for this class. * * @param string $fieldName * * @return boolean */ public function hasField($fieldName); /** * Checks if the given field is a mapped association for this class. * * @param string $fieldName * * @return boolean */ public function hasAssociation($fieldName); /** * Checks if the given field is a mapped single valued association for this class. * * @param string $fieldName * * @return boolean */ public function isSingleValuedAssociation($fieldName); /** * Checks if the given field is a mapped collection valued association for this class. * * @param string $fieldName * * @return boolean */ public function isCollectionValuedAssociation($fieldName); /** * A numerically indexed list of field names of this persistent class. * * This array includes identifier fields if present on this class. * * @return array */ public function getFieldNames(); /** * Returns an array of identifier field names numerically indexed. * * @return array */ public function getIdentifierFieldNames(); /** * Returns a numerically indexed list of association names of this persistent class. * * This array includes identifier associations if present on this class. * * @return array */ public function getAssociationNames(); /** * Returns a type name of this field. * * This type names can be implementation specific but should at least include the php types: * integer, string, boolean, float/double, datetime. * * @param string $fieldName * * @return string */ public function getTypeOfField($fieldName); /** * Returns the target class name of the given association. * * @param string $assocName * * @return string */ public function getAssociationTargetClass($assocName); /** * Checks if the association is the inverse side of a bidirectional association. * * @param string $assocName * * @return boolean */ public function isAssociationInverseSide($assocName); /** * Returns the target field of the owning side of the association. * * @param string $assocName * * @return string */ public function getAssociationMappedByTargetField($assocName); /** * Returns the identifier of this object as an array with field name as key. * * Has to return an empty array if no identifier isset. * * @param object $object * * @return array */ public function getIdentifierValues($object); }