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/* Copyright 2005-2006 Tim Fennell
 *
 * 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 net.sourceforge.stripes.validation;

/**
 * Enumeration that describes the choices for when validation methods should be run. Allows
 * developers to choose between having their validation methods run always, only when there
 * are no errors, or to adopt the system default policy.
 *
 * @author Tim Fennell
 * @since Stripes 1.3
 */
public enum ValidationState {
    /**
     * Specifies that validations should be applied in all conditions without regard for whether
     * there are pre-existing validation errors.
     */
    ALWAYS,

    /**
     * Specifies that validations should be applied only when there are no validation errors.
     */
    NO_ERRORS,

    /**
     * Specifies that the decision of whether or not the validation should be applied when
     * errors exist should be made by consulting the system level default. Stripes' default
     * for the system level value is equivalent to NO_ERRORS, but can be configured. See the
     * Stripes
     * Configuration Reference
     * for details.
     */
    DEFAULT
}