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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Validating code in enterprise applications</h1> |
| <div><div class="section"> <p>The workbench provides manual code validation, code validation |
| during a build, and automatic code validation of project resources. Manual |
| code validation is explicitly invoked by the user, and it immediately validates |
| the resources contained in a selected project. Build validation occurs when |
| you manually invoke a build. Automatic code validation occurs whenever an |
| automatic incremental build occurs as a result of a resource change, such |
| as when a project is created, a .java file is edited, or a model file (such |
| as ejb-jar.xml, .mapxmi, or .rdbxmi) is changed or saved. By |
| default, manual code validation and automatic code validation are enabled |
| in the preferences.</p> |
| <p>On the Properties page for each enterprise application |
| module project, you will find a list of validators that you can run against |
| a selected project. The list of validators is different for each type of project. </p> |
| <p>Each validator |
| can apply to certain types of files, certain project natures, and certain |
| project facets. When a validator applies to a project facet or nature, the |
| workbench uses that validator only on projects that have that facet or nature. |
| Likewise, most validators apply only to certain types of files, so the workbench |
| uses those validators only on those types of files.</p> |
| <p>For |
| more information about validation, see the following topics:</p> |
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| <ul class="ullinks"> |
| <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../topics/rvalerr.html">Common validation errors and solutions</a></strong><br /> |
| You may encounter these common error messages when you validate |
| your projects.</li> |
| <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../topics/rvalidators.html">J2EE Validators</a></strong><br /> |
| This table lists the validators that are available for the different |
| project types and gives a brief description of each validator.</li> |
| <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../topics/tjvalauto.html">Enabling automatic code validation</a></strong><br /> |
| If you want validation to occur automatically during an automatic |
| incremental build that occurs as a result of a resource change, you can enable |
| automatic code validation.</li> |
| <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../topics/tjvalbuild.html">Enabling build validation</a></strong><br /> |
| You can enable validation to occur during a build of a project.</li> |
| <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../topics/tjvaldisable.html">Disabling a validator</a></strong><br /> |
| You can disable one or more validators for a project.</li> |
| <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../topics/tjvalglobalpref.html">Overriding global validation preferences</a></strong><br /> |
| For a given project, you can override the global validation preferences.</li> |
| <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../topics/tjvalmanual.html">Manually validating code</a></strong><br /> |
| When you run a manual validation, all resources in the selected |
| project are validated with the validators that are selected on the Validation |
| page of the project Properties dialog.</li> |
| <li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="../topics/tjvalselect.html">Selecting code validators</a></strong><br /> |
| You can select specific validators to run for a project during |
| manual and automatic code validation.</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <div class="familylinks"> |
| <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="../topics/ph-j2eeapp.html" title="These topics deal with the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE).">J2EE Applications</a></div> |
| </div> |
| <div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br /> |
| <div><a href="../topics/rvalerr.html" title="You may encounter these common error messages when you validate your projects.">Common validation errors and solutions</a></div> |
| <div><a href="../topics/rvalidators.html" title="This table lists the validators that are available for the different project types and gives a brief description of each validator.">J2EE Validators</a></div> |
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