<?php
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namespace Doctrine\Common;

/**
 * An EventSubscriber knows himself what events he is interested in.
 * If an EventSubscriber is added to an EventManager, the manager invokes
 * {@link getSubscribedEvents} and registers the subscriber as a listener for all
 * returned events.
 *
 * @link   www.doctrine-project.org
 * @since  2.0
 * @author Guilherme Blanco <guilhermeblanco@hotmail.com>
 * @author Jonathan Wage <jonwage@gmail.com>
 * @author Roman Borschel <roman@code-factory.org>
 */
interface EventSubscriber
{
    /**
     * Returns an array of events this subscriber wants to listen to.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function getSubscribedEvents();
}