/*
* Copyright (c) 2012 Data Harmonisation Panel
*
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials are made
* available under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
* published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License,
* or (at your option) any later version.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this distribution. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
* Contributors:
* HUMBOLDT EU Integrated Project #030962
* Data Harmonisation Panel <http://www.dhpanel.eu>
*/
package eu.esdihumboldt.hale.common.instance.extension.validation;
import eu.esdihumboldt.hale.common.schema.model.GroupPropertyConstraint;
import eu.esdihumboldt.hale.common.schema.model.GroupPropertyDefinition;
/**
* Validates group property constraints.
*
* @author Kai Schwierczek
*/
public interface GroupPropertyConstraintValidator extends ConstraintValidator {
/**
* Validate <code>values</code> against <code>constraint</code>. The
* constraint and the values belong to <code>property</code>.
*
* @param values the values to validate, may be <code>null</code>
* @param constraint the constraint to validate
* @param property the property the values and the constraint belong to
* @param context the validation context
* @throws ValidationException if the validation fails
*/
public void validateGroupPropertyConstraint(Object[] values,
GroupPropertyConstraint constraint, GroupPropertyDefinition property,
InstanceValidationContext context) throws ValidationException;
}