/**
* ***************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2010 Qcadoo Limited
* Project: Qcadoo Framework
* Version: 1.4
*
* This file is part of Qcadoo.
*
* Qcadoo is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
* by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License,
* or (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
* of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
* See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
*
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* ***************************************************************************
*/
package com.qcadoo.model.internal.api;
import com.qcadoo.model.api.Entity;
/**
* Service for entity validation, parsing fields and calling model hooks
*/
public interface ValidationService {
/**
* Parse, validate given entity and call model hooks.
*
* @param dataDefinition
* model data definition for validated entity
* @param genericEntity
* entity to be validated
* @param existingGenericEntity
* existing entity, might be null if validated entity is currently created
*/
void validateGenericEntity(InternalDataDefinition dataDefinition, Entity genericEntity, Entity existingGenericEntity);
}