Merge "Remove static method from interface"

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / includes / content / AbstractContent.php

diff --git a/includes/content/AbstractContent.php b/includes/content/AbstractContent.php
index 0a8bb9e..386f55a 100644 (file)
--- a/includes/content/AbstractContent.php
+++ b/includes/content/AbstractContent.php
@@ -411,4 +411,30 @@ abstract class AbstractContent implements Content {
        public function matchMagicWord( MagicWord $word ) {
                return false;
        }
+
+       /**
+        * @see Content::convert()
+        *
+        * This base implementation calls the hook ConvertContent to enable custom conversions.
+        * Subclasses may override this to implement conversion for "their" content model.
+        *
+        * @param String  $toModel the desired content model, use the CONTENT_MODEL_XXX flags.
+        * @param String  $lossy flag, set to "lossy" to allow lossy conversion. If lossy conversion is
+        * not allowed, full round-trip conversion is expected to work without losing information.
+        *
+        * @return Content|bool A content object with the content model $toModel, or false if
+        * that conversion is not supported.
+        */
+       public function convert( $toModel, $lossy = '' ) {
+               if ( $this->getModel() === $toModel ) {
+                       //nothing to do, shorten out.
+                       return $this;
+               }
+
+               $lossy = ( $lossy === 'lossy' ); // string flag, convert to boolean for convenience
+               $result = false;
+
+               wfRunHooks( 'ConvertContent', array( $this, $toModel, $lossy, &$result ) );
+               return $result;
+       }
 }