<?php

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namespace Symfony\Component\EventDispatcher;

/**
 * An EventSubscriber knows himself what events he is interested in.
 * If an EventSubscriber is added to an EventDispatcherInterface, the manager invokes
 * {@link getSubscribedEvents} and registers the subscriber as a listener for all
 * returned events.
 *
 * @license http://www.opensource.org/licenses/lgpl-license.php LGPL
 * @link    www.doctrine-project.org
 * @since   2.0
 * @author  Guilherme Blanco <guilhermeblanco@hotmail.com>
 * @author  Jonathan Wage <jonwage@gmail.com>
 * @author  Roman Borschel <roman@code-factory.org>
 * @author  Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
 */
interface EventSubscriberInterface
{
    /**
     * Returns an array of event names this subscriber wants to listen to.
     *
     * The array keys are event names and the value can be:
     *
     *  * The method name to call (priority defaults to 0)
     *  * An array composed of the method name to call and the priority
     *
     * For instance:
     *
     *  * array('eventName' => 'methodName')
     *  * array('eventName' => array('methodName', $priority))
     *
     * @return array The event names to listen to
     */
    static function getSubscribedEvents();
}