/** * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file * distributed with this work for additional information * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file * to you 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.apache.avro; /** * An interface for validating the compatibility of a single schema against * another. * <p> * What makes one schema compatible with another is not defined by the contract. * <p/> */ public interface SchemaValidationStrategy { /** * Validates that one schema is compatible with another. * * @throws SchemaValidationException if the schemas are not compatible. */ void validate(Schema toValidate, Schema existing) throws SchemaValidationException; }