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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;
+
+/**
+ * Validates values and graphs of objects and arrays.
+ *
+ * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * @deprecated since version 2.5, to be removed in 3.0.
+ * Use {@link \Symfony\Component\Validator\Validator\ValidatorInterface} instead.
+ */
+interface ValidatorInterface
+{
+ /**
+ * Validates a value.
+ *
+ * The accepted values depend on the {@link MetadataFactoryInterface}
+ * implementation.
+ *
+ * The signature changed with Symfony 2.5 (see
+ * {@link Validator\ValidatorInterface::validate()}. This signature will be
+ * disabled in Symfony 3.0.
+ *
+ * @param mixed $value The value to validate
+ * @param array|null $groups The validation groups to validate
+ * @param bool $traverse Whether to traverse the value if it is traversable
+ * @param bool $deep Whether to traverse nested traversable values recursively
+ *
+ * @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations. If the
+ * list is empty, validation succeeded.
+ */
+ public function validate($value, $groups = null, $traverse = false, $deep = false);
+
+ /**
+ * Validates a property of a value against its current value.
+ *
+ * The accepted values depend on the {@link MetadataFactoryInterface}
+ * implementation.
+ *
+ * @param mixed $containingValue The value containing the property
+ * @param string $property The name of the property to validate
+ * @param array|null $groups The validation groups to validate
+ *
+ * @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations. If the
+ * list is empty, validation succeeded.
+ */
+ public function validateProperty($containingValue, $property, $groups = null);
+
+ /**
+ * Validate a property of a value against a potential value.
+ *
+ * The accepted values depend on the {@link MetadataFactoryInterface}
+ * implementation.
+ *
+ * @param mixed $containingValue The value containing the property
+ * @param string $property The name of the property to validate
+ * @param string $value The value to validate against the
+ * constraints of the property.
+ * @param array|null $groups The validation groups to validate
+ *
+ * @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations. If the
+ * list is empty, validation succeeded.
+ */
+ public function validatePropertyValue($containingValue, $property, $value, $groups = null);
+
+ /**
+ * Validates a value against a constraint or a list of constraints.
+ *
+ * @param mixed $value The value to validate
+ * @param Constraint|Constraint[] $constraints The constraint(s) to validate against
+ * @param array|null $groups The validation groups to validate
+ *
+ * @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations. If the
+ * list is empty, validation succeeded.
+ *
+ * @deprecated since version 2.5, to be removed in 3.0.
+ * Renamed to {@link Validator\ValidatorInterface::validate()}
+ * in Symfony 2.5.
+ */
+ public function validateValue($value, $constraints, $groups = null);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the factory for metadata instances.
+ *
+ * @return MetadataFactoryInterface The metadata factory
+ *
+ * @deprecated since version 2.5, to be removed in 3.0.
+ * Use {@link Validator\ValidatorInterface::getMetadataFor()} or
+ * {@link Validator\ValidatorInterface::hasMetadataFor()}
+ * instead.
+ */
+ public function getMetadataFactory();
+}