1 /*
2 * Copyright 2008 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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15 */
16 package org.openehealth.ipf.commons.core.modules.api;
17
18 /**
19 * Validation interface.
20 *
21 * @author Christian Ohr
22 *
23 * @param <S>
24 * input format
25 * @param <P>
26 * profile class
27 */
28 public interface Validator<S, P> {
29
30 /**
31 * @param message
32 * message to be validated
33 * @param profile
34 * profile to be validated against
35 * @throws ValidationException
36 * if the validation has failed due to non-conformance or
37 * internal errors
38 */
39 void validate(final S message, final P profile);
40
41
42 }