+
+ /**
+ * Returns the violations generated by the validator so far.
+ *
+ * @return ConstraintViolationListInterface The constraint violation list
+ */
+ public function getViolations();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the value at which validation was started in the object graph.
+ *
+ * The validator, when given an object, traverses the properties and
+ * related objects and their properties. The root of the validation is the
+ * object from which the traversal started.
+ *
+ * The current value is returned by {@link getValue}.
+ *
+ * @return mixed The root value of the validation
+ */
+ public function getRoot();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the value that the validator is currently validating.
+ *
+ * If you want to retrieve the object that was originally passed to the
+ * validator, use {@link getRoot}.
+ *
+ * @return mixed The currently validated value
+ */
+ public function getValue();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the metadata for the currently validated value.
+ *
+ * With the core implementation, this method returns a
+ * {@link Mapping\ClassMetadataInterface} instance if the current value is an object,
+ * a {@link Mapping\PropertyMetadata} instance if the current value is
+ * the value of a property and a {@link Mapping\GetterMetadata} instance if
+ * the validated value is the result of a getter method.
+ *
+ * If the validated value is neither of these, for example if the validator
+ * has been called with a plain value and constraint, this method returns
+ * null.
+ *
+ * @return MetadataInterface|null The metadata of the currently validated
+ * value.
+ */
+ public function getMetadata();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the validation group that is currently being validated.
+ *
+ * @return string The current validation group
+ */
+ public function getGroup();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the class name of the current node.
+ *
+ * If the metadata of the current node does not implement
+ * {@link Mapping\ClassMetadataInterface} or if no metadata is available for the
+ * current node, this method returns null.
+ *
+ * @return string|null The class name or null, if no class name could be found
+ */
+ public function getClassName();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the property name of the current node.
+ *
+ * If the metadata of the current node does not implement
+ * {@link PropertyMetadataInterface} or if no metadata is available for the
+ * current node, this method returns null.
+ *
+ * @return string|null The property name or null, if no property name could be found
+ */
+ public function getPropertyName();
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the property path to the value that the validator is currently
+ * validating.
+ *
+ * For example, take the following object graph:
+ *
+ * <pre>
+ * (Person)---($address: Address)---($street: string)
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * When the <tt>Person</tt> instance is passed to the validator, the
+ * property path is initially empty. When the <tt>$address</tt> property
+ * of that person is validated, the property path is "address". When
+ * the <tt>$street</tt> property of the related <tt>Address</tt> instance
+ * is validated, the property path is "address.street".
+ *
+ * Properties of objects are prefixed with a dot in the property path.
+ * Indices of arrays or objects implementing the {@link \ArrayAccess}
+ * interface are enclosed in brackets. For example, if the property in
+ * the previous example is <tt>$addresses</tt> and contains an array
+ * of <tt>Address</tt> instance, the property path generated for the
+ * <tt>$street</tt> property of one of these addresses is for example
+ * "addresses[0].street".
+ *
+ * @param string $subPath Optional. The suffix appended to the current
+ * property path.
+ *
+ * @return string The current property path. The result may be an empty
+ * string if the validator is currently validating the
+ * root value of the validation graph.
+ */
+ public function getPropertyPath($subPath = '');