interface ClassMetadataInterface

interface ClassMetadataInterface extends MetadataInterface {
    
    /**
     * Returns the names of all constrained properties.
     *
     * @return string[]
     */
    public function getConstrainedProperties() : array;
    
    /**
     * Returns whether the "Default" group is overridden by a group sequence.
     *
     * If it is, you can access the group sequence with {@link getGroupSequence()}.
     */
    public function hasGroupSequence() : bool;
    
    /**
     * Returns the group sequence that overrides the "Default" group for this
     * class.
     */
    public function getGroupSequence() : ?GroupSequence;
    
    /**
     * Returns whether the "Default" group is overridden by a dynamic group
     * sequence obtained by the validated objects.
     *
     * If this method returns true, the class must implement
     * {@link GroupSequenceProviderInterface}.
     * This interface will be used to obtain the group sequence when an object
     * of this class is validated.
     */
    public function isGroupSequenceProvider() : bool;
    
    /**
     * Check if there's any metadata attached to the given named property.
     *
     * @param string $property The property name
     */
    public function hasPropertyMetadata(string $property) : bool;
    
    /**
     * Returns all metadata instances for the given named property.
     *
     * If your implementation does not support properties, throw an exception
     * in this method (for example a <tt>BadMethodCallException</tt>).
     *
     * @param string $property The property name
     *
     * @return PropertyMetadataInterface[]
     */
    public function getPropertyMetadata(string $property) : array;
    
    /**
     * Returns the name of the backing PHP class.
     */
    public function getClassName() : string;

}