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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;
+
+/**
+ * Returns {@link MetadataInterface} instances for values.
+ *
+ * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * @deprecated since version 2.5, to be removed in 3.0.
+ * Use {@link Mapping\Factory\MetadataFactoryInterface} instead.
+ */
+interface MetadataFactoryInterface
+{
+ /**
+ * Returns the metadata for the given value.
+ *
+ * @param mixed $value Some value
+ *
+ * @return MetadataInterface The metadata for the value
+ *
+ * @throws Exception\NoSuchMetadataException If no metadata exists for the given value
+ */
+ public function getMetadataFor($value);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns whether the class is able to return metadata for the given value.
+ *
+ * @param mixed $value Some value
+ *
+ * @return bool Whether metadata can be returned for that value
+ */
+ public function hasMetadataFor($value);
+}