1 /*
2 wsmo4j - a WSMO API and Reference Implementation
3
4 Copyright (c) 2004-2005, OntoText Lab. / SIRMA
5
6 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
7 the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
8 Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option)
9 any later version.
10 This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
11 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
12 FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more
13 details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along
15 with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
16 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
17 */
18
19 /**
20 * <p>Title: WSMO4J</p>
21 * <p>Description: WSMO API and a Reference Implementation</p>
22 * <p>Copyright: Copyright (c) 2004-2005</p>
23 * <p>Company: OntoText Lab. / SIRMA </p>
24 */
25
26
27 package org.wsmo.validator;
28
29
30 import java.util.*;
31 import org.wsmo.common.*;
32
33
34 /**
35 * An interface representing validator for WSMO entities.
36 * The validator may perform specific model checks to ensure that the entity definition is
37 * compliant with the respective WSML variant
38 *
39 * @author not attributable
40 * @version $Revision: 1946 $ $Date: 2007-04-02 15:13:28 +0300 (Mon, 02 Apr 2007) $
41 * @since 0.4.0
42 */
43 public interface Validator {
44
45 /**
46 * Checks whether a WSMO element definition is valid. The notion of "validity" is dependent only
47 * on the specific Validator implementation (f.e. a validity check may be whether a definition is
48 * compliant with a specific WSML variant)
49 * @param te the TopEntity to be validated (ontology, mediator, goal,...)
50 * @param errorMessages a collection where the validation specific error messages will be added (if any)
51 * @param warningMessages a collection where the validation specific warning messages will be added (if any)
52 * @return valid/invalid
53 * @see org.omwg.ontology.Ontology
54 */
55 boolean isValid(TopEntity te, List <ValidationError> errorMessages, List <ValidationWarning> warningMessages);
56 }
57
58 /*
59 * $Log$
60 * Revision 1.3 2007/04/02 12:13:16 morcen
61 * Generics support added to wsmo-api, wsmo4j and wsmo-test
62 *
63 * Revision 1.2 2005/11/15 16:49:45 nathaliest
64 * added validation warning to the interface
65 *
66 * Revision 1.1 2005/09/09 15:45:06 marin_dimitrov
67 * moved from org.wsmo.common
68 *
69 * Revision 1.1 2005/06/01 10:30:24 marin_dimitrov
70 * v0.4.0
71 *
72 * Revision 1.5 2005/05/12 14:42:57 marin
73 * added @since tags
74 *
75 * Revision 1.4 2005/05/12 13:29:16 marin
76 * javadoc, header, footer, etc
77 *
78 */