mixed getRoot() Returns the value at which validation was started in the object graph. Return Value mixed The root value. See also ExecutionContextInterface::getRoot()

MetadataFactoryInterface getMetadataFactory() Returns the factory for validation metadata objects. Return Value MetadataFactoryInterface The metadata factory.

interface GlobalExecutionContextInterface deprecated since version 2.5, to be removed in 3.0. Use {@link Context\ExecutionContextInterface} instead. Stores the node-independent state of a validation run. When the validator validates a graph of objects, it uses two classes to store the state during the validation: For each node in the validation graph (objects, properties, getters) the validator creates an instance of {@link ExecutionContextInterface} that stores the information about tha

Regex toRegex(bool $strictLeadingDot = true, bool $strictWildcardSlash = true) Parameters bool $strictLeadingDot bool $strictWildcardSlash Return Value Regex

string renderPattern() Renders string representation of pattern. Return Value string

string render() Renders string representation of expression. Return Value string

ValueInterface prepend(string $expr) Parameters string $expr Return Value ValueInterface

bool isExpandable() Tests if glob is expandable ("*.{a,b}" syntax). Return Value bool

bool isCaseSensitive() Returns value case sensitivity. Return Value bool

int getType() Returns expression type. Return Value int