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namespace Doctrine\Common\Persistence\Mapping;
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* Contract for a Doctrine persistence layer ClassMetadata class to implement.
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* @link www.doctrine-project.org
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* @author Benjamin Eberlei <kontakt@beberlei.de>
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* @author Jonathan Wage <jonwage@gmail.com>
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interface ClassMetadataFactory
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* Forces the factory to load the metadata of all classes known to the underlying
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* @return array The ClassMetadata instances of all mapped classes.
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public function getAllMetadata();
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* Gets the class metadata descriptor for a class.
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* @param string $className The name of the class.
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* @return ClassMetadata
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public function getMetadataFor($className);
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* Checks whether the factory has the metadata for a class loaded already.
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* @param string $className
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* @return boolean TRUE if the metadata of the class in question is already loaded, FALSE otherwise.
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public function hasMetadataFor($className);
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* Sets the metadata descriptor for a specific class.
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* @param string $className
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* @param ClassMetadata $class
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public function setMetadataFor($className, $class);
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* Returns whether the class with the specified name should have its metadata loaded.
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* This is only the case if it is either mapped directly or as a MappedSuperclass.
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* @param string $className
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public function isTransient($className);