SelfDescribing.php

<?php

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 * @package    PHPUnit
 * @subpackage Framework
 * @author     Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@phpunit.de>
 * @copyright  2001-2013 Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@phpunit.de>
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/**
 * Interface for classes that can return a description of itself.
 *
 * @package    PHPUnit
 * @subpackage Framework
 * @author     Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@phpunit.de>
 * @copyright  2001-2013 Sebastian Bergmann <sebastian@phpunit.de>
 * @license    http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause  The BSD 3-Clause License
 * @link       http://www.phpunit.de/
 * @since      Interface available since Release 3.0.0
 */
interface PHPUnit_Framework_SelfDescribing {

  /**
   * Returns a string representation of the object.
   *
   * @return string
   */
  public function toString();

}