wiki.techinc.nl/includes/historyblob/HistoryBlob.php
Umherirrender 975d7e9e4a historyblob: Improve param and property documentation
Also cast scalar types when needed

Change-Id: I88b17fe03d398df1ce2686aa0e223fc58e97e037
2022-03-08 23:45:44 +00:00

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<?php
/**
* Efficient concatenated text storage.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
* with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
* 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
* http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
*
* @file
*/
/**
* Base class for general text storage via the "object" flag in old_flags, or
* two-part external storage URLs. Used for represent efficient concatenated
* storage, and migration-related pointer objects.
*/
interface HistoryBlob {
/**
* Adds an item of text, returns a stub object which points to the item.
* You must call setLocation() on the stub object before storing it to the
* database
*
* @param string $text
*
* @return string The key for getItem()
*/
public function addItem( $text );
/**
* Get item by key, or false if the key is not present
*
* @param string $key
*
* @return string|bool
*/
public function getItem( $key );
/**
* Set the "default text"
* This concept is an odd property of the current DB schema, whereby each text item has a revision
* associated with it. The default text is the text of the associated revision. There may, however,
* be other revisions in the same object.
*
* Default text is not required for two-part external storage URLs.
*
* @param string $text
*/
public function setText( $text );
/**
* Get default text.
*
* @return string|false
*/
public function getText();
}