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package com.crabshue.commons.validations;

import java.util.Collection;

import javax.validation.ConstraintViolation;
import javax.validation.Validation;
import javax.validation.Validator;
import javax.validation.ValidatorFactory;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

/**
 * Object validator.
 */
public class ObjectValidator {

    private static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ObjectValidator.class);

    /**
     * Validate an {@link Object}.
     *
     * @param object the object to validate.
     * @return the collection of {@link ConstraintViolation}.
     */
    public  Collection> validate(final T object) {

        final ValidatorFactory validatorFactory = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory();
        final Validator validator = validatorFactory.getValidator();

        final Collection> ret = validator.validate(object);

        logger.info("Validated [{}]. Constraints violations discovered: [{}]", object, ret);

        return ret;
    }
}