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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\comment;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Comment manager contains common functions to manage comment fields.
+ */
+interface CommentManagerInterface {
+
+ /**
+ * Comments are displayed in a flat list - expanded.
+ */
+ const COMMENT_MODE_FLAT = 0;
+
+ /**
+ * Comments are displayed as a threaded list - expanded.
+ */
+ const COMMENT_MODE_THREADED = 1;
+
+ /**
+ * Utility function to return an array of comment fields.
+ *
+ * @param string $entity_type_id
+ * The content entity type to which the comment fields are attached.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * An array of comment field map definitions, keyed by field name. Each
+ * value is an array with two entries:
+ * - type: The field type.
+ * - bundles: The bundles in which the field appears, as an array with entity
+ * types as keys and the array of bundle names as values.
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface::getFieldMap()
+ */
+ public function getFields($entity_type_id);
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a comment_body field.
+ *
+ * @param string $comment_type
+ * The comment bundle.
+ */
+ public function addBodyField($comment_type);
+
+ /**
+ * Provides a message if posting comments is forbidden.
+ *
+ * If authenticated users can post comments, a message is returned that
+ * prompts the anonymous user to log in (or register, if applicable) that
+ * redirects to entity comment form. Otherwise, no message is returned.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
+ * The entity to which comments are attached to.
+ * @param string $field_name
+ * The field name on the entity to which comments are attached to.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ * HTML for a "you can't post comments" notice.
+ */
+ public function forbiddenMessage(EntityInterface $entity, $field_name);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the number of new comments available on a given entity for a user.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity
+ * The entity to which the comments are attached to.
+ * @param string $field_name
+ * (optional) The field_name to count comments for. Defaults to any field.
+ * @param int $timestamp
+ * (optional) Time to count from. Defaults to time of last user access the
+ * entity.
+ *
+ * @return int|false
+ * The number of new comments or FALSE if the user is not authenticated.
+ */
+ public function getCountNewComments(EntityInterface $entity, $field_name = NULL, $timestamp = 0);
+
+}