<?php /** * @link http://github.com/zendframework/zend-servicemanager for the canonical source repository * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2016 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com) * @license http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License */ namespace Zend\ServiceManager; use Interop\Container\Exception\ContainerException; use Zend\ServiceManager\Exception\InvalidServiceException; /** * Interface for a plugin manager * * A plugin manager is a specialized service locator used to create homogeneous objects */ interface PluginManagerInterface extends ServiceLocatorInterface { /** * Validate an instance * * @param object $instance * @return void * @throws InvalidServiceException If created instance does not respect the * constraint on type imposed by the plugin manager * @throws ContainerException if any other error occurs */ public function validate($instance); }