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Special Java 1.8+ Library with extended JAXB support

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/**
 * Copyright (C) 2014-2016 Philip Helger (www.helger.com)
 * philip[at]helger[dot]com
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.helger.jaxb;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

import com.helger.commons.error.IResourceErrorGroup;

/**
 * Interface for validating JAXB documents.
 *
 * @author Philip Helger
 * @param 
 *        The JAXB type to be written
 */
public interface IJAXBValidator 
{
  /**
   * Check if the passed JAXB document is valid according to the XSD or not.
   *
   * @param aJAXBDocument
   *        The JAXB document to be validated. May not be null.
   * @return true if the document is valid, false if
   *         not.
   * @see #validate(Object)
   */
  default boolean isValid (@Nonnull final JAXBTYPE aJAXBDocument)
  {
    return validate (aJAXBDocument).containsNoError ();
  }

  /**
   * Validate the passed JAXB document.
   *
   * @param aJAXBDocument
   *        The JAXB document to be validated. May not be null.
   * @return The validation results. Never null.
   */
  @Nonnull
  IResourceErrorGroup validate (@Nonnull JAXBTYPE aJAXBDocument);
}