<?php

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 * Copyright (c) 2015 (original work) Open Assessment Technologies SA (under the project TAO-PRODUCT);
 *
 */

namespace oat\taoQtiItem\model\qti\metadata;

/**
 * MetadataClassLookup interface.
 *
 * All classes claiming at being able to lookup for a target import Ontology Class
 * a given item must go to from its metadata must implement this interface.
 *
 * @author Jérôme Bogaerts <jerome@taotesting.com>
 *
 */
interface MetadataClassLookup
{

    /**
     * Target import Onotology class lookup.
     *
     * The implementations of this method will try to find an appropriate class
     * an item must be imported to from its metadata values.
     *
     * @param array $metadataValues An array of MetadataValue objects.
     * @return \core_kernel_classes_Class
     */
    public function lookup(array $metadataValues);
}