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symfony/src/Symfony/Component/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcherInterface.php
2011-03-06 12:40:06 +01:00

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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\EventDispatcher;
/**
* EventDispatcherInterface describes an event dispatcher class.
*
* @see http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/Notifications/index.html Apple's Cocoa framework
*
* @author Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
*/
interface EventDispatcherInterface
{
/**
* Connects a listener to a given event name.
*
* Listeners with a higher priority are executed first.
*
* @param string $name An event name
* @param mixed $listener A PHP callable
* @param integer $priority The priority (between -10 and 10 -- defaults to 0)
*/
function connect($name, $listener, $priority = 0);
/**
* Disconnects one, or all listeners for the given event name.
*
* @param string $name An event name
* @param mixed|null $listener The listener to remove, or null to remove all
*
* @return void
*/
function disconnect($name, $listener = null);
/**
* Notifies all listeners of a given event.
*
* @param EventInterface $event An EventInterface instance
*/
function notify(EventInterface $event);
/**
* Notifies all listeners of a given event until one processes the event.
*
* A listener tells the dispatcher that it has processed the event
* by calling the setProcessed() method on it.
*
* It can then return a value that will be forwarded to the caller.
*
* @param EventInterface $event An EventInterface instance
*
* @return mixed The returned value of the listener that processed the event
*/
function notifyUntil(EventInterface $event);
/**
* Filters a value by calling all listeners of a given event.
*
* @param EventInterface $event An EventInterface instance
* @param mixed $value The value to be filtered
*
* @return mixed The filtered value
*/
function filter(EventInterface $event, $value);
/**
* Returns true if the given event name has some listeners.
*
* @param string $name The event name
*
* @return Boolean true if some listeners are connected, false otherwise
*/
function hasListeners($name);
/**
* Returns all listeners associated with a given event name.
*
* @param string $name The event name
*
* @return array An array of listeners
*/
function getListeners($name);
}