Matcher.php 1.3KB

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  1. <?php
  2. /*
  3. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  4. it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  5. the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
  6. (at your option) any later version.
  7. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  8. but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  9. MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
  10. GNU General Public License for more details.
  11. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  12. along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  13. */
  14. /**
  15. * The Matcher interface for comparing arguments.
  16. * @author Chris Corbyn <chris@w3style.co.uk>
  17. * @package Yay
  18. */
  19. interface Yay_Matcher
  20. {
  21. /**
  22. * Compare the $argument with whatever is expected to match it.
  23. * @param mixed $argument
  24. * @return boolean
  25. */
  26. public function matches(&$argument);
  27. /**
  28. * Returns true if the argument doesn't need to be present.
  29. * @return boolean
  30. */
  31. public function isOptional();
  32. /**
  33. * Writes the match description as a string following $format.
  34. * $format is a sprintf() string with %s, $s as $matcherName, $value respectively.
  35. * @param string $format
  36. * @return string
  37. */
  38. public function describeMatch($format);
  39. }