Coverage Report - net.wotonomy.control.EOValidation
 
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EOValidation
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 /*
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 Wotonomy: OpenStep design patterns for pure Java applications.
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 Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Powers
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 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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 version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
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 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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 License along with this library; if not, see http://www.gnu.org
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 */
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 package net.wotonomy.control;
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 /**
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 * EOValidation provides methods for validating a operation
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 * on an object as a whole, rather than on an individual property.
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 *
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 * @author michael@mpowers.net
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 * @author $Author: cgruber $
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 * @version $Revision: 893 $
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 */
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 public interface EOValidation 
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 {
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     /**
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     * Validates this object for delete.
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     * Throws an exception if this object cannot be deleted.
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     */
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     void validateForDelete();
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     /**
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     * Validates this object for insertion into the external store.
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     * Throws an exception if this object cannot be inserted.
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     * Validations here should be specific to insertion.
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     * Implementations may call validateForSave(). 
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     */
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     void validateForInsert();
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     /**
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     * Validates this object for a commit to the external store.
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     * Throws an exception if this object cannot be committed.
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     * Validations here are not specific to either inserts or updates.
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     */
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     void validateForSave();
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     /**
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     * Validates this object for update to the external store.
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     * Throws an exception if this object cannot be updated.
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     * Validations here should be specific to updates.
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     * Implementations may call validateForSave(). 
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     */
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     void validateForUpdate();
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 }
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 /*
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  * $Log$
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  * Revision 1.1  2006/02/16 13:19:57  cgruber
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  * Check in all sources in eclipse-friendly maven-enabled packages.
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  *
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  * Revision 1.1  2001/11/13 04:13:59  mpowers
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  * Added interfaces needed to begin work on EOCustomObject.
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  *
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  *
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  */
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