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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\forum;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
+use Drupal\node\NodeInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Provides forum manager interface.
+ */
+interface ForumManagerInterface {
+
+ /**
+ * Gets list of forum topics.
+ *
+ * @param int $tid
+ * Term ID.
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $account
+ * Account to fetch topics for.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * Array with keys 'topics' and 'header'.
+ */
+ public function getTopics($tid, AccountInterface $account);
+
+ /**
+ * Utility method to fetch the child forums for a given forum.
+ *
+ * @param int $vid
+ * The forum vocabulary ID.
+ * @param int $tid
+ * The forum ID to fetch the children for.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * Array of children.
+ */
+ public function getChildren($vid, $tid);
+
+ /**
+ * Generates and returns the forum index.
+ *
+ * The forum index is a pseudo term that provides an overview of all forums.
+ *
+ * @return \Drupal\taxonomy\TermInterface
+ * A pseudo term representing the overview of all forums.
+ */
+ public function getIndex();
+
+ /**
+ * Resets the ForumManager index and history.
+ */
+ public function resetCache();
+
+ /**
+ * Fetches the parent forums for a given forum.
+ *
+ * @param int $tid
+ * Term ID.
+ *
+ * @return array
+ * Array of parent terms.
+ *
+ * @deprecated Scheduled to be removed in 9.0.x, see
+ * https://www.drupal.org/node/2371593.
+ */
+ public function getParents($tid);
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether a node can be used in a forum, based on its content type.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\node\NodeInterface $node
+ * A node entity.
+ *
+ * @return bool
+ * Boolean indicating if the node can be assigned to a forum.
+ */
+ public function checkNodeType(NodeInterface $node);
+
+ /**
+ * Calculates the number of new posts in a forum that the user has not yet read.
+ *
+ * Nodes are new if they are newer than HISTORY_READ_LIMIT.
+ *
+ * @param int $term
+ * The term ID of the forum.
+ * @param int $uid
+ * The user ID.
+ *
+ * @return
+ * The number of new posts in the forum that have not been read by the user.
+ */
+ public function unreadTopics($term, $uid);
+
+}