<?php
/**
 * Interface for data sources used by HTML_QuickForm2 objects
 *
 * PHP version 5
 *
 * LICENSE:
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2006-2010, Alexey Borzov <avb@php.net>,
 *                          Bertrand Mansion <golgote@mamasam.com>
 * All rights reserved.
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 *
 * @category   HTML
 * @package    HTML_QuickForm2
 * @author     Alexey Borzov <avb@php.net>
 * @author     Bertrand Mansion <golgote@mamasam.com>
 * @license    http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php New BSD License
 * @version    SVN: $Id: DataSource.php 300722 2010-06-24 10:15:52Z mansion $
 * @link       http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_QuickForm2
 */

/**
 * Interface for data sources used by HTML_QuickForm2 objects
 *
 * @category   HTML
 * @package    HTML_QuickForm2
 * @author     Alexey Borzov <avb@php.net>
 * @author     Bertrand Mansion <golgote@mamasam.com>
 * @version    Release: @package_version@
 */
interface HTML_QuickForm2_DataSource
{
   /**
    * Returns value for the element with the given name
    *
    * If data source doesn't have a requested value it should return null
    *
    * @param    string  Element's name
    * @return   mixed   Element's value
    */
    public function getValue($name);
}
?>