doctrine2/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Mapping/NamingStrategy.php

<?php

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namespace Doctrine\ORM\Mapping;

/**
 * A set of rules for determining the physical column and table names
 *
 * 
 * @link    www.doctrine-project.org
 * @since   2.3
 * @author  Fabio B. Silva <fabio.bat.silva@gmail.com>
 */
interface NamingStrategy
{
    /**
     * Returns a table name for an entity class.
     *
     * @param string $className The fully-qualified class name.
     *
     * @return string A table name.
     */
    function classToTableName($className);

    /**
     * Returns a column name for a property.
     *
     * @param string      $propertyName A property name.
     * @param string|null $className    The fully-qualified class name.
     *
     * @return string A column name.
     */
    function propertyToColumnName($propertyName, $className = null);

    /**
     * Returns the default reference column name.
     *
     * @return string A column name.
     */
    function referenceColumnName();

    /**
     * Returns a join column name for a property.
     *
     * @param string $propertyName A property name.
     *
     * @return string A join column name.
     */
    function joinColumnName($propertyName);

    /**
     * Returns a join table name.
     *
     * @param string      $sourceEntity The source entity.
     * @param string      $targetEntity The target entity.
     * @param string|null $propertyName A property name.
     *
     * @return string A join table name.
     */
    function joinTableName($sourceEntity, $targetEntity, $propertyName = null);

    /**
     * Returns the foreign key column name for the given parameters.
     *
     * @param string      $entityName           An entity.
     * @param string|null $referencedColumnName A property.
     *
     * @return string A join column name.
     */
    function joinKeyColumnName($entityName, $referencedColumnName = null);
}