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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;
+
+/**
+ * A container for {@link PropertyMetadataInterface} instances.
+ *
+ * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * @deprecated since version 2.5, to be removed in 3.0.
+ * Use {@link Mapping\ClassMetadataInterface} instead.
+ */
+interface PropertyMetadataContainerInterface
+{
+ /**
+ * Check if there's any metadata attached to the given named property.
+ *
+ * @param string $property The property name
+ *
+ * @return bool
+ */
+ public function hasPropertyMetadata($property);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns all metadata instances for the given named property.
+ *
+ * If your implementation does not support properties, simply throw an
+ * exception in this method (for example a <tt>BadMethodCallException</tt>).
+ *
+ * @param string $property The property name
+ *
+ * @return PropertyMetadataInterface[] A list of metadata instances. Empty if
+ * no metadata exists for the property.
+ */
+ public function getPropertyMetadata($property);
+}