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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\Validator\Mapping;
+
+/**
+ * Specifies whether and how a traversable object should be traversed.
+ *
+ * If the node traverser traverses a node whose value is an instance of
+ * {@link \Traversable}, and if that node is either a class node or if
+ * cascading is enabled, then the node's traversal strategy will be checked.
+ * Depending on the requested traversal strategy, the node traverser will
+ * iterate over the object and cascade each object or collection returned by
+ * the iterator.
+ *
+ * The traversal strategy is ignored for arrays. Arrays are always iterated.
+ *
+ * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * @see CascadingStrategy
+ */
+class TraversalStrategy
+{
+ /**
+ * Specifies that a node's value should be iterated only if it is an
+ * instance of {@link \Traversable}.
+ */
+ const IMPLICIT = 1;
+
+ /**
+ * Specifies that a node's value should never be iterated.
+ */
+ const NONE = 2;
+
+ /**
+ * Specifies that a node's value should always be iterated. If the value is
+ * not an instance of {@link \Traversable}, an exception should be thrown.
+ */
+ const TRAVERSE = 4;
+
+ /**
+ * Specifies that nested instances of {@link \Traversable} should never be
+ * iterated. Can be combined with {@link IMPLICIT} or {@link TRAVERSE}.
+ *
+ * @deprecated since version 2.5, to be removed in 3.0. This constant was added for backwards compatibility only.
+ *
+ * @internal
+ */
+ const STOP_RECURSION = 8;
+
+ /**
+ * Not instantiable.
+ */
+ private function __construct()
+ {
+ }
+}