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2 /**
3 * A content object represents page content, e.g. the text to show on a page.
4 * Content objects have no knowledge about how they relate to wiki pages.
6 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
7 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
8 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
9 * (at your option) any later version.
11 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
12 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
13 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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16 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
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18 * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
19 * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
21 * @since 1.21
23 * @file
24 * @ingroup Content
26 * @author Daniel Kinzler
29 /**
30 * Base interface for content objects.
32 * @ingroup Content
34 interface Content {
36 /**
37 * @since 1.21
39 * @return string A string representing the content in a way useful for
40 * building a full text search index. If no useful representation exists,
41 * this method returns an empty string.
43 * @todo Test that this actually works
44 * @todo Make sure this also works with LuceneSearch / WikiSearch
46 public function getTextForSearchIndex();
48 /**
49 * @since 1.21
51 * @return string|bool The wikitext to include when another page includes this
52 * content, or false if the content is not includable in a wikitext page.
54 * @todo Allow native handling, bypassing wikitext representation, like
55 * for includable special pages.
56 * @todo Allow transclusion into other content models than Wikitext!
57 * @todo Used in WikiPage and MessageCache to get message text. Not so
58 * nice. What should we use instead?!
60 public function getWikitextForTransclusion();
62 /**
63 * Returns a textual representation of the content suitable for use in edit
64 * summaries and log messages.
66 * @since 1.21
68 * @param int $maxLength Maximum length of the summary text.
70 * @return string The summary text.
72 public function getTextForSummary( $maxLength = 250 );
74 /**
75 * Returns native representation of the data. Interpretation depends on
76 * the data model used, as given by getDataModel().
78 * @since 1.21
80 * @return mixed The native representation of the content. Could be a
81 * string, a nested array structure, an object, a binary blob...
82 * anything, really.
84 * @note Caller must be aware of content model!
86 public function getNativeData();
88 /**
89 * Returns the content's nominal size in "bogo-bytes".
91 * @return int
93 public function getSize();
95 /**
96 * Returns the ID of the content model used by this Content object.
97 * Corresponds to the CONTENT_MODEL_XXX constants.
99 * @since 1.21
101 * @return string The model id
103 public function getModel();
106 * Convenience method that returns the ContentHandler singleton for handling
107 * the content model that this Content object uses.
109 * Shorthand for ContentHandler::getForContent( $this )
111 * @since 1.21
113 * @return ContentHandler
115 public function getContentHandler();
118 * Convenience method that returns the default serialization format for the
119 * content model that this Content object uses.
121 * Shorthand for $this->getContentHandler()->getDefaultFormat()
123 * @since 1.21
125 * @return string
127 public function getDefaultFormat();
130 * Convenience method that returns the list of serialization formats
131 * supported for the content model that this Content object uses.
133 * Shorthand for $this->getContentHandler()->getSupportedFormats()
135 * @since 1.21
137 * @return string[] List of supported serialization formats
139 public function getSupportedFormats();
142 * Returns true if $format is a supported serialization format for this
143 * Content object, false if it isn't.
145 * Note that this should always return true if $format is null, because null
146 * stands for the default serialization.
148 * Shorthand for $this->getContentHandler()->isSupportedFormat( $format )
150 * @since 1.21
152 * @param string $format The serialization format to check.
154 * @return bool Whether the format is supported
156 public function isSupportedFormat( $format );
159 * Convenience method for serializing this Content object.
161 * Shorthand for $this->getContentHandler()->serializeContent( $this, $format )
163 * @since 1.21
165 * @param string $format The desired serialization format, or null for the default format.
167 * @return string Serialized form of this Content object.
169 public function serialize( $format = null );
172 * Returns true if this Content object represents empty content.
174 * @since 1.21
176 * @return bool Whether this Content object is empty
178 public function isEmpty();
181 * Returns whether the content is valid. This is intended for local validity
182 * checks, not considering global consistency.
184 * Content needs to be valid before it can be saved.
186 * This default implementation always returns true.
188 * @since 1.21
190 * @return bool
192 public function isValid();
195 * Returns true if this Content objects is conceptually equivalent to the
196 * given Content object.
198 * Contract:
200 * - Will return false if $that is null.
201 * - Will return true if $that === $this.
202 * - Will return false if $that->getModel() != $this->getModel().
203 * - Will return false if $that->getNativeData() is not equal to $this->getNativeData(),
204 * where the meaning of "equal" depends on the actual data model.
206 * Implementations should be careful to make equals() transitive and reflexive:
208 * - $a->equals( $b ) <=> $b->equals( $a )
209 * - $a->equals( $b ) && $b->equals( $c ) ==> $a->equals( $c )
211 * @since 1.21
213 * @param Content $that The Content object to compare to.
215 * @return bool True if this Content object is equal to $that, false otherwise.
217 public function equals( Content $that = null );
220 * Return a copy of this Content object. The following must be true for the
221 * object returned:
223 * if $copy = $original->copy()
225 * - get_class($original) === get_class($copy)
226 * - $original->getModel() === $copy->getModel()
227 * - $original->equals( $copy )
229 * If and only if the Content object is immutable, the copy() method can and
230 * should return $this. That is, $copy === $original may be true, but only
231 * for immutable content objects.
233 * @since 1.21
235 * @return Content A copy of this object
237 public function copy();
240 * Returns true if this content is countable as a "real" wiki page, provided
241 * that it's also in a countable location (e.g. a current revision in the
242 * main namespace).
244 * @since 1.21
246 * @param bool $hasLinks If it is known whether this content contains
247 * links, provide this information here, to avoid redundant parsing to
248 * find out.
250 * @return bool
252 public function isCountable( $hasLinks = null );
255 * Parse the Content object and generate a ParserOutput from the result.
256 * $result->getText() can be used to obtain the generated HTML. If no HTML
257 * is needed, $generateHtml can be set to false; in that case,
258 * $result->getText() may return null.
260 * @note To control which options are used in the cache key for the
261 * generated parser output, implementations of this method
262 * may call ParserOutput::recordOption() on the output object.
264 * @param Title $title The page title to use as a context for rendering.
265 * @param int $revId Optional revision ID being rendered.
266 * @param ParserOptions $options Any parser options.
267 * @param bool $generateHtml Whether to generate HTML (default: true). If false,
268 * the result of calling getText() on the ParserOutput object returned by
269 * this method is undefined.
271 * @since 1.21
273 * @return ParserOutput
275 public function getParserOutput( Title $title, $revId = null,
276 ParserOptions $options = null, $generateHtml = true );
278 // TODO: make RenderOutput and RenderOptions base classes
281 * Returns a list of DataUpdate objects for recording information about this
282 * Content in some secondary data store. If the optional second argument,
283 * $old, is given, the updates may model only the changes that need to be
284 * made to replace information about the old content with information about
285 * the new content.
287 * This default implementation calls
288 * $this->getParserOutput( $content, $title, null, null, false ),
289 * and then calls getSecondaryDataUpdates( $title, $recursive ) on the
290 * resulting ParserOutput object.
292 * Subclasses may implement this to determine the necessary updates more
293 * efficiently, or make use of information about the old content.
295 * @note Implementations should call the SecondaryDataUpdates hook, like
296 * AbstractContent does.
298 * @param Title $title The context for determining the necessary updates
299 * @param Content $old An optional Content object representing the
300 * previous content, i.e. the content being replaced by this Content
301 * object.
302 * @param bool $recursive Whether to include recursive updates (default:
303 * false).
304 * @param ParserOutput $parserOutput Optional ParserOutput object.
305 * Provide if you have one handy, to avoid re-parsing of the content.
307 * @return DataUpdate[] A list of DataUpdate objects for putting information
308 * about this content object somewhere.
310 * @since 1.21
312 public function getSecondaryDataUpdates( Title $title, Content $old = null,
313 $recursive = true, ParserOutput $parserOutput = null );
316 * Construct the redirect destination from this content and return an
317 * array of Titles, or null if this content doesn't represent a redirect.
318 * The last element in the array is the final destination after all redirects
319 * have been resolved (up to $wgMaxRedirects times).
321 * @since 1.21
323 * @return Title[]|null List of Titles, with the destination last.
325 public function getRedirectChain();
328 * Construct the redirect destination from this content and return a Title,
329 * or null if this content doesn't represent a redirect.
330 * This will only return the immediate redirect target, useful for
331 * the redirect table and other checks that don't need full recursion.
333 * @since 1.21
335 * @return Title|null The corresponding Title.
337 public function getRedirectTarget();
340 * Construct the redirect destination from this content and return the
341 * Title, or null if this content doesn't represent a redirect.
343 * This will recurse down $wgMaxRedirects times or until a non-redirect
344 * target is hit in order to provide (hopefully) the Title of the final
345 * destination instead of another redirect.
347 * There is usually no need to override the default behavior, subclasses that
348 * want to implement redirects should override getRedirectTarget().
350 * @since 1.21
352 * @return Title|null
354 public function getUltimateRedirectTarget();
357 * Returns whether this Content represents a redirect.
358 * Shorthand for getRedirectTarget() !== null.
360 * @since 1.21
362 * @return bool
364 public function isRedirect();
367 * If this Content object is a redirect, this method updates the redirect target.
368 * Otherwise, it does nothing.
370 * @since 1.21
372 * @param Title $target The new redirect target
374 * @return Content A new Content object with the updated redirect (or $this
375 * if this Content object isn't a redirect)
377 public function updateRedirect( Title $target );
380 * Returns the section with the given ID.
382 * @since 1.21
384 * @param string|number $sectionId Section identifier as a number or string
385 * (e.g. 0, 1 or 'T-1'). The ID "0" retrieves the section before the first heading, "1" the
386 * text between the first heading (included) and the second heading (excluded), etc.
388 * @return Content|bool|null The section, or false if no such section
389 * exist, or null if sections are not supported.
391 public function getSection( $sectionId );
394 * Replaces a section of the content and returns a Content object with the
395 * section replaced.
397 * @since 1.21
399 * @param string|number|null|bool $sectionId Section identifier as a number or string
400 * (e.g. 0, 1 or 'T-1'), null/false or an empty string for the whole page
401 * or 'new' for a new section.
402 * @param Content $with New content of the section
403 * @param string $sectionTitle New section's subject, only if $section is 'new'
405 * @return string|null Complete article text, or null if error
407 public function replaceSection( $sectionId, Content $with, $sectionTitle = '' );
410 * Returns a Content object with pre-save transformations applied (or this
411 * object if no transformations apply).
413 * @since 1.21
415 * @param Title $title
416 * @param User $user
417 * @param ParserOptions $parserOptions
419 * @return Content
421 public function preSaveTransform( Title $title, User $user, ParserOptions $parserOptions );
424 * Returns a new WikitextContent object with the given section heading
425 * prepended, if supported. The default implementation just returns this
426 * Content object unmodified, ignoring the section header.
428 * @since 1.21
430 * @param string $header
432 * @return Content
434 public function addSectionHeader( $header );
437 * Returns a Content object with preload transformations applied (or this
438 * object if no transformations apply).
440 * @since 1.21
442 * @param Title $title
443 * @param ParserOptions $parserOptions
444 * @param array $params
446 * @return Content
448 public function preloadTransform( Title $title, ParserOptions $parserOptions, $params = array() );
451 * Prepare Content for saving. Called before Content is saved by WikiPage::doEditContent() and in
452 * similar places.
454 * This may be used to check the content's consistency with global state. This function should
455 * NOT write any information to the database.
457 * Note that this method will usually be called inside the same transaction
458 * bracket that will be used to save the new revision.
460 * Note that this method is called before any update to the page table is
461 * performed. This means that $page may not yet know a page ID.
463 * @since 1.21
465 * @param WikiPage $page The page to be saved.
466 * @param int $flags Bitfield for use with EDIT_XXX constants, see WikiPage::doEditContent()
467 * @param int $parentRevId The ID of the current revision
468 * @param User $user
470 * @return Status A status object indicating whether the content was
471 * successfully prepared for saving. If the returned status indicates
472 * an error, a rollback will be performed and the transaction aborted.
474 * @see WikiPage::doEditContent()
476 public function prepareSave( WikiPage $page, $flags, $parentRevId, User $user );
479 * Returns a list of updates to perform when this content is deleted.
480 * The necessary updates may be taken from the Content object, or depend on
481 * the current state of the database.
483 * @since 1.21
485 * @param WikiPage $page The deleted page
486 * @param ParserOutput $parserOutput Optional parser output object
487 * for efficient access to meta-information about the content object.
488 * Provide if you have one handy.
490 * @return DataUpdate[] A list of DataUpdate instances that will clean up the
491 * database after deletion.
493 public function getDeletionUpdates( WikiPage $page,
494 ParserOutput $parserOutput = null );
497 * Returns true if this Content object matches the given magic word.
499 * @since 1.21
501 * @param MagicWord $word The magic word to match
503 * @return bool Whether this Content object matches the given magic word.
505 public function matchMagicWord( MagicWord $word );
508 * Converts this content object into another content object with the given content model,
509 * if that is possible.
511 * @param string $toModel The desired content model, use the CONTENT_MODEL_XXX flags.
512 * @param string $lossy Optional flag, set to "lossy" to allow lossy conversion. If lossy
513 * conversion is not allowed, full round-trip conversion is expected to work without losing
514 * information.
516 * @return Content|bool A content object with the content model $toModel, or false if
517 * that conversion is not supported.
519 public function convert( $toModel, $lossy = '' );
520 // @todo ImagePage and CategoryPage interfere with per-content action handlers
521 // @todo nice&sane integration of GeSHi syntax highlighting
522 // [11:59] <vvv> Hooks are ugly; make CodeHighlighter interface and a
523 // config to set the class which handles syntax highlighting
524 // [12:00] <vvv> And default it to a DummyHighlighter