/**
* Copyright (C) 2015 Valkyrie RCP
*
* 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
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package org.valkyriercp.binding.validation;
/**
* Interface to be implemented by classes capable of incrementally validating
* domain objects. This interface is intended for validators that are able to
* validate a subset of the domain objects properties.
*
* @author Oliver Hutchison
*/
public interface RichValidator<T> extends Validator<T> {
/**
* Validates the given property of the provided object.
*
* @param object the object to validate (may be an implementation of
* @link org.springframework.binding.PropertyAccessStrategy)
* @param property the name of the only property that has changed since the
* last call to validate.
* @return the results on the validation
*/
ValidationResults validate(T object, String property);
}