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package org.springmodules.orm.support.validation;
import org.springframework.validation.Errors;
/**
* <p>Transformer interface that converts a org.springframework.validation.Errors instance contains
* errors into a unchecked business exception. Users can implement this interface to transform Errors instances
* to an exception type that's not tied to Spring.
*
* @author Steven Devijver
* @since Jun 19, 2005
* @see org.springframework.validation.Errors
*/
public interface ErrorsToRuntimeExceptionTransformer {
/**
* <p>Transforms the Errors instance into a user defined business unchecked exception.
*
* @param errors the Errors instance containing validation errors.
* @return a business RuntimeException instance
*/
public RuntimeException transform(Errors errors);
}