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/*
* Validate.java July 2006
*
* Copyright (C) 2006, Niall Gallagher
*
* 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 org.simpleframework.xml.core;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
/**
* The Validate
annotation is used to mark a method in
* a serializable object that requires a callback from the persister
* once the deserialization completes. The validate method is invoked
* by the Persister
after all fields have been assigned
* and before the commit method is invoked.
*
* Typically the validate method is used to validate the fields that
* have been assigned once deserialization has been completed. The
* validate method must be a no argument public method or a method
* that takes a Map
as the only argument. When invoked
* the object can determine whether the fields are valid, if the
* field values do not conform to the objects requirements then the
* method can throw an exception to terminate deserialization.
*
* @author Niall Gallagher
*
* @see org.simpleframework.xml.core.Commit
*/
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
public @interface Validate {
}