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package com.lonepulse.robozombie;
/*
* #%L
* RoboZombie
* %%
* Copyright (C) 2013 - 2014 Lonepulse
* %%
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
* #L%
*/
/**
* <p>A generic contract for validating metadata and runtime information. Each {@link Validator}
* operates on a given context which provides information for executing the validation rules.</p>
*
* @version 1.1.0
* <br><br>
* @since 1.3.0
* <br><br>
* @author <a href="http://sahan.me">Lahiru Sahan Jayasinghe</a>
*/
public interface Validator<CONTEXT> {
/**
* <p>Accepts a given context and validates the contained information using predetermined rules.
* A validation failure is signaled at runtime using an instance of {@link ValidationFailedException}.
* Custom extensions of {@link ValidationFailedException} may be used for failure specificity.</p>
*
* @param context
* the context which provides the information to be validated
* <br><br>
* @throws ValidationFailedException
* (or any extension) if validation failed for the given context
* <br><br>
* @since 1.3.0
*/
void validate(CONTEXT context);
}