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+<?php
+/* Icinga Web 2 | (c) 2013-2015 Icinga Development Team | GPLv2+ */
+
+namespace Icinga\Data;
+
+use Icinga\Data\Filter\Filter;
+use Icinga\Exception\StatementException;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for data updating
+ */
+interface Updatable
+{
+    /**
+     * Update the target with the given data and optionally limit the affected entries by using a filter
+     *
+     * @param   string  $target
+     * @param   array   $data
+     * @param   Filter  $filter
+     *
+     * @throws  StatementException
+     */
+    public function update($target, array $data, Filter $filter = null);
+}