Merge "Remove RELEASE-NOTES-1.33"
[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / includes / session / SessionProviderInterface.php
1 <?php
2 /**
3 * MediaWiki\Session\Provider interface
4 *
5 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
8 * (at your option) any later version.
9 *
10 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 * GNU General Public License for more details.
14 *
15 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
16 * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
17 * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
18 * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
19 *
20 * @file
21 * @ingroup Session
22 */
23
24 namespace MediaWiki\Session;
25
26 use Language;
27 use Message;
28
29 /**
30 * This exists to make IDEs happy, so they don't see the
31 * internal-but-required-to-be-public methods on SessionProvider.
32 *
33 * @ingroup Session
34 * @since 1.27
35 */
36 interface SessionProviderInterface {
37
38 /**
39 * Return an identifier for this session type
40 *
41 * @param Language $lang Language to use.
42 * @return string
43 */
44 public function describe( Language $lang );
45
46 /**
47 * Return a Message for why sessions might not be being persisted.
48 *
49 * For example, "check whether you're blocking our cookies".
50 *
51 * @return Message|null
52 */
53 public function whyNoSession();
54
55 }