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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Menu;
+
+/**
+ * Defines an interface for the active menu trail service.
+ *
+ * The active trail of a given menu is the trail from the current page to the
+ * root of that menu's tree.
+ */
+interface MenuActiveTrailInterface {
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the active trail IDs of the specified menu tree.
+ *
+ * @param string|null $menu_name
+ * (optional) The menu name of the requested tree. If omitted, all menu
+ * trees will be searched.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * An array containing the active trail: a list of plugin IDs.
+ */
+ public function getActiveTrailIds($menu_name);
+
+ /**
+ * Fetches a menu link which matches the route name, parameters and menu name.
+ *
+ * @param string|null $menu_name
+ * (optional) The menu within which to find the active link. If omitted, all
+ * menus will be searched.
+ *
+ * @return \Drupal\Core\Menu\MenuLinkInterface|null
+ * The menu link for the given route name, parameters and menu, or NULL if
+ * there is no matching menu link or the current user cannot access the
+ * current page (i.e. we have a 403 response).
+ */
+ public function getActiveLink($menu_name = NULL);
+
+}