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* Copyright (c) 2011-2013 EclipseSource Muenchen GmbH and others.
*
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* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
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*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
*
* Contributors:
* Mat Hansen - initial API and implementation
******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.emfforms.common.spi.validation.filter;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
/**
* Filter interface which allows to skip validation for certain {@link EObject}s
* or to ignore Diagnostics reported by EValidators and Validators.
* See ValidationService#registerValidationFilter(ValidationFilter).
*
* @author Mat Hansen <mhansen@eclipsesource.com>
*/
public interface ObjectFilter extends ValidationFilter {
/**
* Return true if the given {@link EObject} should NOT be validated.
*
* @param eObject the {@link EObject} about to be validated
* @return true if the given {@link EObject} should be skipped during validation.
* Note: if you use ValidationService#validate(java.util.Iterator) in conjunction with a
* TreeIterator all eContents of the given {@link EObject} will be skipped as well.
*/
boolean skipValidation(EObject eObject);
}