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1   /* Copyright 2004, 2005 Acegi Technology Pty Limited
2    *
3    * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
4    * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
5    * You may obtain a copy of the License at
6    *
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8    *
9    * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
10   * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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12   * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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14   */
15  
16  package org.acegisecurity.domain.validation;
17  
18  import org.springframework.validation.BindException;
19  
20  
21  /***
22   * Able to validate any passed domain object instance, including its children.
23   *
24   * @author Ben Alex
25   * @version $Id: ValidationManager.java,v 1.2 2005/11/17 00:55:50 benalex Exp $
26   */
27  public interface ValidationManager {
28      //~ Methods ================================================================
29  
30      /***
31       * Validates the passed domain object, along with any children,
32       * grandchildren, great-grandchildren etc.
33       * 
34       * <p>
35       * Before performing validation, implementations must execute {@link
36       * BindBeforeValidation} for any domain objects requesting it.
37       * </p>
38       *
39       * @param domainObject to validate (cannot be <code>null</code>)
40       *
41       * @throws BindException if a validation problem occurs
42       * @throws ValidatorNotFoundException if no matching <code>Validator</code>
43       *         could be found (and the implementation wishes to treat this as
44       *         an exception condition as opposed to logging it and
45       *         continuing).
46       */
47      public void validate(Object domainObject)
48          throws BindException, ValidatorNotFoundException;
49  }