<?php

namespace Drupal\Core\Entity;

use Drupal\Core\TypedData\TranslatableInterface;

/**
 * Defines a common interface for all content entity objects.
 *
 * Content entities use fields for all their entity properties and are
 * translatable and revisionable, while translations and revisions can be
 * enabled per entity type. It's best practice to always implement
 * ContentEntityInterface for content-like entities that should be stored in
 * some database, and enable/disable revisions and translations as desired.
 *
 * When implementing this interface which extends Traversable, make sure to list
 * IteratorAggregate or Iterator before this interface in the implements clause.
 *
 * @see \Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityBase
 *
 * @ingroup entity_api
 */
interface ContentEntityInterface extends \Traversable, FieldableEntityInterface, RevisionableInterface, TranslatableInterface {

  /**
   * Determines if the current translation of the entity has unsaved changes.
   *
   * If the entity is translatable only translatable fields will be checked for
   * changes.
   *
   * @return bool
   *   TRUE if the current translation of the entity has changes.
   */
  public function hasTranslationChanges();

  /**
   * Marks the current revision translation as affected.
   *
   * @param bool|null $affected
   *   The flag value. A NULL value can be specified to reset the current value
   *   and make sure a new value will be computed by the system.
   *
   * @return $this
   */
  public function setRevisionTranslationAffected($affected);

  /**
   * Checks whether the current translation is affected by the current revision.
   *
   * @return bool
   *   TRUE if the entity object is affected by the current revision, FALSE
   *   otherwise.
   */
  public function isRevisionTranslationAffected();

}
