| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2006 Coconut Palm Software, Inc. and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Coconut Palm Software, Inc. - initial API and implementation |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| |
| package org.eclipse.jface.internal.databinding.provisional.validation; |
| |
| /** |
| * A validator for domain model values. If this validator is associated with |
| * a binding (via an BindSpec), then it will be applied immediately before |
| * a value is stored in the model object. This validator operates in the |
| * model's data type (after the conversion function object has been applied, |
| * if applicable) and is responsible for applying range checks, special |
| * formatting requirements, and so on. |
| * <p> |
| * |
| * FIXME: This is wrong. See bug #128142. Eventually this class will go away |
| * and be replaced entirely by IValidator. |
| * |
| * <strong>EXPERIMENTAL</strong>. This class or interface has been added as |
| * part of a work in progress. There is no guarantee that this API will remain |
| * unchanged during the 3.2 release cycle. Please do not use this API without |
| * consulting with the Platform/UI team. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @since 1.0 |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface IDomainValidator { |
| |
| /** |
| * Determines if the given value is valid. |
| * |
| * @param value |
| * the value to validate |
| * @return the error message, or </code>null</code> if the value is valid. |
| */ |
| public ValidationError isValid(Object value); |
| |
| } |
