1 /*
2 * Copyright [2005] [University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, Inc.]
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package org.opensaml.xml.validation;
18
19 import org.opensaml.xml.XMLObject;
20
21 /**
22 * An interface for classes that implement rules for checking the
23 * validity of a XMLObjects.
24 *
25 * @param <XMLObjectType> type of XML object that will be validated
26 */
27 public interface Validator<XMLObjectType extends XMLObject> {
28
29 /**
30 * Checks to see if a XMLObject is valid.
31 *
32 * @param xmlObject the XMLObject to validate
33 *
34 * @throws ValidationException thrown if the element is not valid
35 */
36 public void validate(XMLObjectType xmlObject) throws ValidationException;
37 }