<?php namespace Illuminate\Contracts\Broadcasting; interface Broadcaster { /** * Authenticate the incoming request for a given channel. * * @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request * @return mixed */ public function auth($request); /** * Return the valid authentication response. * * @param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request * @param mixed $result * @return mixed */ public function validAuthenticationResponse($request, $result); /** * Broadcast the given event. * * @param array $channels * @param string $event * @param array $payload * @return void */ public function broadcast(array $channels, $event, array $payload = []); }