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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+namespace OCA\Files_Versions\Versions;
+
+/**
+ * This interface allows for just direct accessing of the metadata column JSON
+ * @since 29.0.0
+ */
+interface IMetadataVersion {
+	/**
+	 * retrieves the all the metadata
+	 *
+	 * @return string[]
+	 * @since 29.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getMetadata(): array;
+
+	/**
+	 * retrieves the metadata value from our $key param
+	 *
+	 * @param string $key the key for the json value of the metadata column
+	 * @since 29.0.0
+	 */
+	public function getMetadataValue(string $key): ?string;
+}