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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2012 Imre Fazekas.
 *  All rights reserved.
 *  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 *  modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 *
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 */

package com.vii.brillien.kernel.axiom.component;

import com.vii.brillien.kernel.BrillienException;

/**
 * This interface must be implemented to all custom data types whose instances should be validated during a communication. 
 */
public interface Validable {

    /**
     * Checks the validity of a type's instance. Must throw a BrillienException in case of inconvenient content.
     */
    void checkValidity() throws BrillienException;

}