\CodeIgniter\RouterRouterInterface

<?php

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 * CodeIgniter
 *
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 * @package    CodeIgniter
 * @author     CodeIgniter Dev Team
 * @copyright  2019 CodeIgniter Foundation
 * @license    https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT	MIT License
 * @link       https://codeigniter.com
 * @since      Version 4.0.0
 * @filesource
 */

namespace CodeIgniter\Router;

use CodeIgniter\HTTP\Request;

/**
 * Expected behavior of a Router.
 */
interface RouterInterface
{

	/**
	 * Stores a reference to the RouteCollection object.
	 *
	 * @param RouteCollectionInterface  $routes
	 * @param \CodeIgniter\HTTP\Request $request
	 */
	public function __construct(RouteCollectionInterface $routes, Request $request = null);

	//--------------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * Scans the URI and attempts to match the current URI to the
	 * one of the defined routes in the RouteCollection.
	 *
	 * @param string $uri
	 *
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	public function handle(string $uri = null);

	//--------------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * Returns the name of the matched controller.
	 *
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	public function controllerName();

	//--------------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * Returns the name of the method to run in the
	 * chosen container.
	 *
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	public function methodName();

	//--------------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * Returns the binds that have been matched and collected
	 * during the parsing process as an array, ready to send to
	 * instance->method(...$params).
	 *
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	public function params();

	//--------------------------------------------------------------------

	/**
	 * Sets the value that should be used to match the index.php file. Defaults
	 * to index.php but this allows you to modify it in case your are using
	 * something like mod_rewrite to remove the page. This allows you to set
	 * it a blank.
	 *
	 * @param $page
	 *
	 * @return mixed
	 */
	public function setIndexPage($page);

	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
}