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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\language;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Common interface for language negotiation services.
+ *
+ * The language negotiation API is based on two major concepts:
+ * - Language types: types of translatable data (the types of data that a user
+ * can view or request).
+ * - Language negotiation methods: responsible for determining which language to
+ * use to present a particular piece of data to the user.
+ * Both language types and language negotiation methods are customizable.
+ *
+ * Drupal defines three built-in language types:
+ * - Interface language: The page's main language, used to present translated
+ * user interface elements such as titles, labels, help text, and messages.
+ * - Content language: The language used to present content that is available
+ * in more than one language.
+ * - URL language: The language associated with URLs. When generating a URL,
+ * this value will be used for URL's as a default if no explicit preference is
+ * provided.
+ * Modules can define additional language types through
+ * hook_language_types_info(), and alter existing language type definitions
+ * through hook_language_types_info_alter().
+ *
+ * Language types may be configurable or fixed. The language negotiation
+ * methods associated with a configurable language type can be explicitly
+ * set through the user interface. A fixed language type has predetermined
+ * (module-defined) language negotiation settings and, thus, does not appear in
+ * the configuration page. Here is a code snippet that makes the content
+ * language (which by default inherits the interface language's values)
+ * configurable:
+ * @code
+ * function mymodule_language_types_info_alter(&$language_types) {
+ * unset($language_types[LanguageInterface::TYPE_CONTENT]['fixed']);
+ * }
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * The locked configuration property prevents one language type from being
+ * switched from customized to not customized, and vice versa.
+ * @see \Drupal\language\LanguageNegotiator::updateConfiguration()
+ *
+ * Every language type can have a different set of language negotiation methods
+ * assigned to it. Different language types often share the same language
+ * negotiation settings, but they can have independent settings if needed. If
+ * two language types are configured the same way, their language switcher
+ * configuration will be functionally identical and the same settings will act
+ * on both language types.
+ *
+ * Drupal defines the following built-in language negotiation methods:
+ * - URL: Determine the language from the URL (path prefix or domain).
+ * - Session: Determine the language from a request/session parameter.
+ * - User: Follow the user's language preference.
+ * - User admin language: Identify admin language from the user preferences.
+ * - Browser: Determine the language from the browser's language settings.
+ * - Selected language: Use the default site language.
+ * Language negotiation methods are simple plugin classes that implement a
+ * particular logic to return a language code. For instance, the URL method
+ * searches for a valid path prefix or domain name in the current request URL.
+ * If a language negotiation method does not return a valid language code, the
+ * next method associated with the language type (based on method weight) is
+ * invoked.
+ *
+ * Modules can define additional language negotiation methods by simply provide
+ * the related plugins, and alter existing methods through
+ * hook_language_negotiation_info_alter(). Here is an example snippet that lets
+ * path prefixes be ignored for administrative paths:
+ * @code
+ * function mymodule_language_negotiation_info_alter(&$negotiation_info) {
+ * // Replace the original plugin with our own implementation.
+ * $method_id = \Drupal\language\Plugin\LanguageNegotiation\LanguageNegotiationUrl::METHOD_ID;
+ * $negotiation_info[$method_id]['class'] = 'Drupal\my_module\Plugin\LanguageNegotiation\MyLanguageNegotiationUrl';
+ * }
+ *
+ * class MyLanguageNegotiationUrl extends LanguageNegotiationUrl {
+ * public function getCurrentLanguage(Request $request = NULL) {
+ * if ($request) {
+ * // Use the original URL language negotiation method to get a valid
+ * // language code.
+ * $langcode = parent::getCurrentLanguage($request);
+ *
+ * // If we are on an administrative path, override with the default
+ * language.
+ * if ($request->query->has('q') && strtok($request->query->get('q'), '/') == 'admin') {
+ * return $this->languageManager->getDefaultLanguage()->getId();
+ * }
+ * return $langcode;
+ * }
+ * }
+ * }
+ * ?>
+ * @endcode
+ *
+ * For more information, see
+ * @link https://www.drupal.org/node/1497272 Language Negotiation API @endlink
+ */
+interface LanguageNegotiatorInterface {
+
+ /**
+ * The language negotiation method id for the language negotiator itself.
+ */
+ const METHOD_ID = 'language-default';
+
+ /**
+ * Resets the negotiated languages and the method instances.
+ */
+ public function reset();
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the current active user and resets all language types.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $current_user
+ * The current active user.
+ */
+ public function setCurrentUser(AccountInterface $current_user);
+
+ /**
+ * Initializes the specified language type.
+ *
+ * @param string $type
+ * The language type to be initialized.
+ *
+ * @return \Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageInterface[]
+ * Returns an array containing a single language keyed by the language
+ * negotiation method ID used to determine the language of the specified
+ * type. If negotiation is not possible the default language is returned.
+ */
+ public function initializeType($type);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the language negotiation methods enabled for a language type.
+ *
+ * @param string $type
+ * (optional) The language type. If no type is specified all the method
+ * definitions are returned.
+ *
+ * @return array[]
+ * An array of language negotiation method definitions keyed by method id.
+ */
+ public function getNegotiationMethods($type = NULL);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns an instance of the specified language negotiation method.
+ *
+ * @param string $method_id
+ * The method identifier.
+ *
+ * @return \Drupal\language\LanguageNegotiationMethodInterface
+ */
+ public function getNegotiationMethodInstance($method_id);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the ID of the language type's primary language negotiation method.
+ *
+ * @param string $type
+ * The language type.
+ *
+ * @return string
+ * The identifier of the primary language negotiation method for the given
+ * language type, or the default method if none exists.
+ */
+ public function getPrimaryNegotiationMethod($type);
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether a language negotiation method is enabled for a language type.
+ *
+ * @param string $method_id
+ * The language negotiation method ID.
+ * @param string $type
+ * (optional) The language type. If none is passed, all the configurable
+ * language types will be inspected.
+ *
+ * @return bool
+ * TRUE if the method is enabled for at least one of the given language
+ * types, or FALSE otherwise.
+ */
+ public function isNegotiationMethodEnabled($method_id, $type = NULL);
+
+ /**
+ * Saves a list of language negotiation methods for a language type.
+ *
+ * @param string $type
+ * The language type.
+ * @param int[] $enabled_methods
+ * An array of language negotiation method weights keyed by method ID.
+ */
+ public function saveConfiguration($type, $enabled_methods);
+
+ /**
+ * Resave the configuration to purge missing negotiation methods.
+ */
+ public function purgeConfiguration();
+
+ /**
+ * Updates the configuration based on the given language types.
+ *
+ * Stores the list of the language types along with information about their
+ * configurable state. Stores the default settings if the language type is
+ * not configurable.
+ *
+ * @param string[] $types
+ * An array of configurable language types.
+ */
+ public function updateConfiguration(array $types);
+
+}