1. /*

  2.  * Copyright 2003-2004 The Apache Software Foundation

  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. package org.apache.commons.attributes.validation;

  17. 

  18. import java.util.Set;

  19. 

  20. /**

  21.  * Validates that a set of classes have the correct attributes

  22.  * attached to them. This interface must be implemented by the

  23.  * validation rules given to the {@link AttributeValidatorTask}.

  24.  */

  25. public interface AttributeValidator {

  26.     

  27.     /**

  28.      * Validates a set of classes.

  29.      *

  30.      * @param classes the classes to validate.

  31.      * @throws ValidationException if one or more classes have

  32.      *         an invalid set of attributes.

  33.      */

  34.     public void validate (Set classes) throws ValidationException;

  35. }