wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Wikibase

<?php

namespace Wikibase\DataModel\Entity;

/**
 * @license GPL-2.0-or-later
 */
interface EntityId {

    /**
     * @return string
     */
    public function getEntityType();

    /**
     * @return string
     */
    public function getSerialization();

    /**
     * TODO: Consider removing this method in favor of just always calling getSerialization().
     *
     * @return string
     */
    public function __toString();

    /**
     * @param mixed $target
     * @return bool
     */
    public function equals( $target );

    /**
     * This method replaces {@link Serializable::serialize()}.
     * Do not call it manually.
     * Also, consider using {@link getSerialization()} and an {@link EntityIdParser}
     * instead of PHP serialization.
     *
     * @see https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.magic.php#object.serialize
     */
    public function __serialize(): array;

    /**
     * This method replaces {@link Serializable::unserialize()}.
     * Do not call it manually.
     * Also, consider using {@link getSerialization()} and an {@link EntityIdParser}
     * instead of PHP serialization.
     *
     * @see https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.magic.php#object.unserialize
     */
    public function __unserialize( array $data );

}