nextcloud/lib/public/itagmanager.php

<?php
/**
 * ownCloud
 *
 * @author Thomas Tanghus
 * @copyright 2013 Thomas Tanghus <thomas@tanghus.net>
 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
 * version 3 of the License, or any later version.
 *
 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
 * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 */

/**
 * Public interface of ownCloud for apps to use.
 * Tag manager interface
 *
 */

// use OCP namespace for all classes that are considered public.
// This means that they should be used by apps instead of the internal ownCloud classes
namespace OCP;

/**
 * Factory class creating instances of \OCP\ITags
 *
 * A tag can be e.g. 'Family', 'Work', 'Chore', 'Special Occation' or
 * anything else that is either parsed from a vobject or that the user chooses
 * to add.
 * Tag names are not case-sensitive, but will be saved with the case they
 * are entered in. If a user already has a tag 'family' for a type, and
 * tries to add a tag named 'Family' it will be silently ignored.
 */
interface ITagManager {

	/**
	* Create a new \OCP\ITags instance and load tags from db.
	*
	* @see \OCP\ITags
	* @param string $type The type identifier e.g. 'contact' or 'event'.
	* @param array $defaultTags An array of default tags to be used if none are stored.
	* @return \OCP\ITags
	*/
	public function load($type, $defaultTags=array());

}