/*
* Copyright (c) 2008, SQL Power Group Inc.
*
* This file is part of SQL Power Library.
*
* SQL Power Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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*
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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*/
package ca.sqlpower.validation.swingui;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import ca.sqlpower.validation.Validator;
/**
* A ValidationHandler is a non-visual component that ties a given
* Validator (which in turn probably depends on a given
* JComponent, e.g., a JTextComponent) into the StatusComponent;
* upon events from the JComponent (such as KeyEvents
* for the TextComponentValidationHandler) the ValidationHandler
* invokes the Validator's validate() method and updates the
* JComponent's appearance accordingly.
* @see ca.sqlpower.validation.FormValidationHandler
*/
public interface ValidationHandler {
public void addValidateObject(JComponent component, Validator validator);
/**
* Sets the action to disable if the status is fail
*/
public void setValidatedAction(Action action);
}