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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  }