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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\ParamConverter;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection;
+
+/**
+ * Provides an interface for a parameter converter manager.
+ */
+interface ParamConverterManagerInterface {
+
+ /**
+ * Registers a parameter converter with the manager.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\ParamConverter\ParamConverterInterface $param_converter
+ * The added param converter instance.
+ * @param string $id
+ * The parameter converter service id to register.
+ *
+ * @return $this
+ */
+ public function addConverter(ParamConverterInterface $param_converter, $id);
+
+ /**
+ * Lazy-loads converter services.
+ *
+ * @param string $id
+ * The service id of converter service to load.
+ *
+ * @return \Drupal\Core\ParamConverter\ParamConverterInterface
+ * The loaded converter service identified by the given service id.
+ *
+ * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+ * If the given service id is not a registered converter.
+ */
+ public function getConverter($id);
+
+ /**
+ * Saves a list of applicable converters to each route.
+ *
+ * @param \Symfony\Component\Routing\RouteCollection $routes
+ * A collection of routes to apply converters to.
+ */
+ public function setRouteParameterConverters(RouteCollection $routes);
+
+ /**
+ * Invokes the registered converter for each defined parameter on a route.
+ *
+ * @param array $defaults
+ * The route defaults array.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * The modified defaults.
+ *
+ * @throws \Drupal\Core\ParamConverter\ParamNotConvertedException
+ * If one of the assigned converters returned NULL because the given
+ * variable could not be converted.
+ */
+ public function convert(array $defaults);
+
+}