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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Translation\Writer;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
+use Symfony\Component\Translation\MessageCatalogue;
+
+/**
+ * TranslationWriter writes translation messages.
+ *
+ * @author Michel Salib <michelsalib@hotmail.com>
+ */
+interface TranslationWriterInterface
+{
+ /**
+ * Writes translation from the catalogue according to the selected format.
+ *
+ * @param MessageCatalogue $catalogue The message catalogue to write
+ * @param string $format The format to use to dump the messages
+ * @param array $options Options that are passed to the dumper
+ *
+ * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+ */
+ public function write(MessageCatalogue $catalogue, $format, $options = array());
+}