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1: /* 2: * Copyright 2003-2005 The Apache Software Foundation 3: * Copyright 2005 Stephen McConnell 4: * 5: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 6: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 7: * You may obtain a copy of the License at 8: * 9: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 10: * 11: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 12: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 13: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 14: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 15: * limitations under the License. 16: */ 17: package net.dpml.cli.validation; 18: 19: import java.util.List; 20: 21: /** 22: * The validation interface for validating argument values(s). 23: * 24: * A validator can replace the argument string value with a 25: * specific class instance e.g. the {@link URLValidator} replaces 26: * the string value with a {@link java.net.URL} instance. 27: * 28: * @author <a href="@PUBLISHER-URL@">@PUBLISHER-NAME@</a> 29: * @version @PROJECT-VERSION@ 30: */ 31: public interface Validator 32: { 33: /** 34: * Validate the specified values (List of Strings). 35: * 36: * @param values The values to validate. 37: * @throws InvalidArgumentException If any of the 38: * specified values are not valid. 39: */ 40: void validate( List values ) throws InvalidArgumentException; 41: 42: }