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+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package extension
+* @copyright (c) 2011 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+/**
+* @ignore
+*/
+if (!defined('IN_PHPBB'))
+{
+	exit;
+}
+
+/**
+* The interface extension meta classes have to implement to run custom code
+* on enable/disable/purge.
+*
+* @package extension
+*/
+interface phpbb_extension_interface
+{
+	/**
+	* enable_step is executed on enabling an extension until it returns false.
+	*
+	* Calls to this function can be made in subsequent requests, when the
+	* function is invoked through a webserver with a too low max_execution_time.
+	*
+	* @param	mixed	$old_state	The return value of the previous call
+	*								of this method, or false on the first call
+	* @return	mixed				Returns false after last step, otherwise
+	*								temporary state which is passed as an
+	*								argument to the next step
+	*/
+	public function enable_step($old_state);
+
+	/**
+	* Disables the extension.
+	*
+	* Calls to this function can be made in subsequent requests, when the
+	* function is invoked through a webserver with a too low max_execution_time.
+	*
+	* @param	mixed	$old_state	The return value of the previous call
+	*								of this method, or false on the first call
+	* @return	mixed				Returns false after last step, otherwise
+	*								temporary state which is passed as an
+	*								argument to the next step
+	*/
+	public function disable_step($old_state);
+
+	/**
+	* purge_step is executed on purging an extension until it returns false.
+	*
+	* Calls to this function can be made in subsequent requests, when the
+	* function is invoked through a webserver with a too low max_execution_time.
+	*
+	* @param	mixed	$old_state	The return value of the previous call
+	*								of this method, or false on the first call
+	* @return	mixed				Returns false after last step, otherwise
+	*								temporary state which is passed as an
+	*								argument to the next step
+	*/
+	public function purge_step($old_state);
+}