3 * Interface for generating updates to single rows in the database.
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20 * @stable to implement
23 * @ingroup Maintenance
25 interface RowUpdateGenerator
{
27 * Given a database row, generates an array mapping column names to
28 * updated value within the database row.
32 * 'some_col' => 'new value',
36 * @param stdClass $row A row from the database
37 * @return array Map of column names to updated value within the
38 * database row. When no update is required returns an empty array.
40 public function update( $row );