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| package org.eclipse.wst.validation.internal.provisional; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.wst.validation.internal.ValidationFactoryImpl; |
| import org.eclipse.wst.validation.internal.provisional.core.IValidator; |
| |
| /** |
| * This interface provides a way to access an instance of the ValidationFactoryImpl |
| * instance, an internal implementation that provides access to some of the internal state |
| * of validators. |
| * |
| * @plannedfor 1.0 |
| * |
| * [issue: LM - 2 issues. |
| * 1. I don't think the name 'factory' provides a good description of |
| * this interface. Unless I'm mistaken the ValidationFactory doesn't |
| * actually create validators but simply returns existing validators. |
| * Looking at the implementation this is currently the case. I suggest |
| * renaming this to ValidatorRegistry or something similar. |
| * 2. I think the common way for creating a factory is to create a class |
| * with a static method such as getFactory. If this is to be a factory |
| * it should probably be structured as per the convention.] |
| */ |
| public interface ValidationFactory { |
| |
| ValidationFactory instance = ValidationFactoryImpl.getInstance(); |
| /** |
| * This api returns the IValidator given the validatorUniqueName id. The unique |
| * id name is the class name that is defined in the class name element in the |
| * plugin extension of the validator. |
| * @param validatorUniqueId |
| * @return IValidator |
| * @plannedfor WTP 1.0 |
| */ |
| public IValidator getValidator(String validatorUniqueId) throws InstantiationException; |
| |
| } |