Validatable.java

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package org.primeframework.mvc.validation;

/**
 * Marks an action as handling its own validation.
 *
 * @author Brian Pontarelli
 */
public interface Validatable {
  /**
   * Called by Prime instead of using the default handling and group determination. This allows an action to handle
   * validation however it wants. Validation errors should be put into the {@link org.primeframework.mvc.message.MessageStore}
   * by implementers.
   */
  void validate();
}