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package org.apache.bval.model;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* Description: The interface to collect errors found during validation
*/
public interface ValidationListener {
/**
* Simple API to add an error reason during validation.
* Error notification added from a {@link Validation} with context information
* taken from the given {@link ValidationContext}.
*
* @param reason a constant describing the reason. This is normally the key of the
* feature that was violated in the object 'owner' for property 'propertyName'
* @param context - contains
* bean = the object that contains the error (owner)
* propertyName = the Name of the attribute that caused the error
*/
void addError(String reason, ValidationContext context);
/** Alternative method to add a fully initialized {@link ValidationListener.Error} object. */
void addError(Error error, ValidationContext context);
/**
* An object holding a single validation constraint violation
* found during the validation process.
*/
public class Error implements Serializable {
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
/** Reason */
final String reason;
/** Owner */
final Object owner;
/** Property name*/
final String propertyName;
/**
* Create a new Error instance.
* @param aReason
* @param aOwner
* @param aPropertyName
*/
public Error(String aReason, Object aOwner, String aPropertyName) {
this.reason = aReason;
this.owner = aOwner;
this.propertyName = aPropertyName;
}
/**
* Get the reason.
* @return String
*/
public String getReason() {
return reason;
}
/**
* Get the owner.
* @return Object
*/
public Object getOwner() {
return owner;
}
/**
* Get the propertyName.
* @return String
*/
public String getPropertyName() {
return propertyName;
}
/**
* {@inheritDoc}
*/
public String toString() {
return "Error{" + "reason='" + reason + '\'' + ", propertyName='" +
propertyName + '\'' + '}';
}
}
}