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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Cache;
+
+/**
+ * Defines an interface for objects which may be used by other cached objects.
+ *
+ * All cacheability metadata exposed in this interface is bubbled to parent
+ * objects when they are cached: if a child object needs to be varied by certain
+ * cache contexts, invalidated by certain cache tags, expire after a certain
+ * maximum age, then so should any parent object.
+ *
+ * @ingroup cache
+ */
+interface CacheableDependencyInterface {
+
+ /**
+ * The cache contexts associated with this object.
+ *
+ * These identify a specific variation/representation of the object.
+ *
+ * Cache contexts are tokens: placeholders that are converted to cache keys by
+ * the @cache_contexts_manager service. The replacement value depends on the
+ * request context (the current URL, language, and so on). They're converted
+ * before storing an object in cache.
+ *
+ * @return string[]
+ * An array of cache context tokens, used to generate a cache ID.
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Cache\Context\CacheContextsManager::convertTokensToKeys()
+ */
+ public function getCacheContexts();
+
+ /**
+ * The cache tags associated with this object.
+ *
+ * When this object is modified, these cache tags will be invalidated.
+ *
+ * @return string[]
+ * A set of cache tags.
+ */
+ public function getCacheTags();
+
+ /**
+ * The maximum age for which this object may be cached.
+ *
+ * @return int
+ * The maximum time in seconds that this object may be cached.
+ */
+ public function getCacheMaxAge();
+
+}