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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\Validator;use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\GroupSequence;use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintViolationListInterface;use Symfony\Component\Validator\Context\ExecutionContextInterface;use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\Factory\MetadataFactoryInterface;/*** Validates PHP values against constraints.** @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>*/interface ValidatorInterface extends MetadataFactoryInterface{/*** Validates a value against a constraint or a list of constraints.** If no constraint is passed, the constraint* {@link \Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Valid} is assumed.** @param Constraint|Constraint[] $constraints The constraint(s) to validate against* @param string|GroupSequence|array<string|GroupSequence>|null $groups The validation groups to validate. If none is given, "Default" is assumed** @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations* If the list is empty, validation* succeeded*/public function validate(mixed $value, Constraint|array $constraints = null, string|GroupSequence|array $groups = null): ConstraintViolationListInterface;/*** Validates a property of an object against the constraints specified* for this property.** @param string $propertyName The name of the validated property* @param string|GroupSequence|array<string|GroupSequence>|null $groups The validation groups to validate. If none is given, "Default" is assumed** @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations* If the list is empty, validation* succeeded*/public function validateProperty(object $object, string $propertyName, string|GroupSequence|array $groups = null): ConstraintViolationListInterface;/*** Validates a value against the constraints specified for an object's* property.** @param object|string $objectOrClass The object or its class name* @param string $propertyName The name of the property* @param mixed $value The value to validate against the property's constraints* @param string|GroupSequence|array<string|GroupSequence>|null $groups The validation groups to validate. If none is given, "Default" is assumed** @return ConstraintViolationListInterface A list of constraint violations* If the list is empty, validation* succeeded*/public function validatePropertyValue(object|string $objectOrClass, string $propertyName, mixed $value, string|GroupSequence|array $groups = null): ConstraintViolationListInterface;/*** Starts a new validation context and returns a validator for that context.** The returned validator collects all violations generated within its* context. You can access these violations with the* {@link ContextualValidatorInterface::getViolations()} method.*/public function startContext(): ContextualValidatorInterface;/*** Returns a validator in the given execution context.** The returned validator adds all generated violations to the given* context.*/public function inContext(ExecutionContextInterface $context): ContextualValidatorInterface;}