<?php
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namespace Doctrine\Common\Persistence\Mapping;

/**
 * Very simple reflection service abstraction.
 *
 * This is required inside metadata layers that may require either
 * static or runtime reflection.
 *
 * @author Benjamin Eberlei <kontakt@beberlei.de>
 */
interface ReflectionService
{
    /**
     * Return an array of the parent classes (not interfaces) for the given class.
     *
     * @param string $class
     * @return array
     */
    function getParentClasses($class);

    /**
     * Return the shortname of a class.
     *
     * @param string $class
     * @return string
     */
    function getClassShortName($class);

    /**
     * @param string $class
     * @return string
     */
    function getClassNamespace($class);

    /**
     * Return a reflection class instance or null
     *
     * @param string $class
     * @return ReflectionClass|null
     */
    function getClass($class);

    /**
     * Return an accessible property (setAccessible(true)) or null.
     *
     * @param string $class
     * @param string $property
     * @return ReflectionProperty|null
     */
    function getAccessibleProperty($class, $property);

    /**
     * Check if the class have a public method with the given name.
     *
     * @param mixed $class
     * @param mixed $method
     * @return bool
     */
    function hasPublicMethod($class, $method);
}