<?php

/**
 * Part of the Joomla Framework Language Package
 *
 * @copyright  Copyright (C) 2005 - 2020 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * @license    GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE
 */

namespace Joomla\Language;

/**
 * Interface describing a language file loader
 *
 * @since  2.0.0-alpha
 */
interface ParserInterface
{
    /**
     * Get the type of loader
     *
     * @return  string
     *
     * @since   2.0.0-alpha
     */
    public function getType(): string;

    /**
     * Load the strings from a file
     *
     * @param   string  $filename  The name of the file.
     *
     * @return  string[]
     *
     * @since   2.0.0-alpha
     * @throws  \RuntimeException on a load/parse error
     */
    public function loadFile(string $filename): array;
}