org.netbeans.validation.api

Interface Validator<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractValidationListener, Validators

public interface Validator<T>

Validator that can validate some aspect of a component's model, and indicate problems to the user.

Note that the class Validators provides many built-in validators to perform common tasks.

Author:

Tim Boudreau

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	validate(Problems problems, java.lang.String compName, T model) Validate the passed model.

Method Detail

validate

boolean validate(Problems problems,
               java.lang.String compName,
               T model)

Validate the passed model. If the component is invalid, this method should add problems to the passed list.

Parameters:

problems - A list of problems.

compName - The name of the component in question (may be null in some cases)

model - The model in question

Returns:

true if no problems were found during validation