<?php
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 * @since         3.6.0
 * @license       https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php MIT License
 */
namespace Cake\Database\Type;

use Cake\Database\Driver;

/**
 * Denotes type objects capable of converting many values from their original
 * database representation to php values.
 */
interface BatchCastingInterface
{

    /**
     * Returns an array of the values converted to the PHP representation of
     * this type.
     *
     * @param array $values The original array of values containing the fields to be casted
     * @param array $fields The field keys to cast
     * @param \Cake\Database\Driver $driver Object from which database preferences and configuration will be extracted.
     * @return array
     */
    public function manyToPHP(array $values, array $fields, Driver $driver);
}
