<?php
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*
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*
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* @since 1.0.0
* @license https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php MIT License
*/
namespace Cake\Core\Configure;
/**
* An interface for creating objects compatible with Configure::load()
*/
interface ConfigEngineInterface
{
/**
* Read a configuration file/storage key
*
* This method is used for reading configuration information from sources.
* These sources can either be static resources like files, or dynamic ones like
* a database, or other datasource.
*
* @param string $key Key to read.
* @return array An array of data to merge into the runtime configuration
*/
public function read($key);
/**
* Dumps the configure data into the storage key/file of the given `$key`.
*
* @param string $key The identifier to write to.
* @param array $data The data to dump.
* @return bool True on success or false on failure.
*/
public function dump($key, array $data);
}