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+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\workspaces\Negotiator;
+
+use Drupal\workspaces\WorkspaceInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+
+/**
+ * Workspace negotiators provide a way to get the active workspace.
+ *
+ * \Drupal\workspaces\WorkspaceManager acts as the service collector for
+ * Workspace negotiators.
+ */
+interface WorkspaceNegotiatorInterface {
+
+ /**
+ * Checks whether the negotiator applies to the current request or not.
+ *
+ * @param \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request $request
+ * The HTTP request.
+ *
+ * @return bool
+ * TRUE if the negotiator applies for the current request, FALSE otherwise.
+ */
+ public function applies(Request $request);
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the negotiated workspace, if any.
+ *
+ * Note that it is the responsibility of each implementation to check whether
+ * the negotiated workspace actually exists in the storage.
+ *
+ * @param \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request $request
+ * The HTTP request.
+ *
+ * @return \Drupal\workspaces\WorkspaceInterface|null
+ * The negotiated workspace or NULL if the negotiator could not determine a
+ * valid workspace.
+ */
+ public function getActiveWorkspace(Request $request);
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the negotiated workspace.
+ *
+ * @param \Drupal\workspaces\WorkspaceInterface $workspace
+ * The workspace entity.
+ */
+ public function setActiveWorkspace(WorkspaceInterface $workspace);
+
+}