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package au.edu.anu.datacommons.publish;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Validate
*
* Australian National University Data Commons
*
* Placeholder
*
* JUnit Coverage:
* None
*
* <pre>
* Version Date Developer Description
* 0.1 17/07/2012 Genevieve Turner (GT) Initial
* </pre>
*
*/
public interface Validate {
/**
* isValid
*
* Verifies that the object with the given pid is valid
*
* <pre>
* Version Date Developer Description
* 0.1 17/07/2012 Genevieve Turner(GT) Initial
* </pre>
*
* @param pid
* @return
*/
public boolean isValid(String pid);
/**
* getErrorMessages
*
* Retrieves a list of error messages from the validation
*
* <pre>
* Version Date Developer Description
* 0.1 17/07/2012 Genevieve Turner(GT) Initial
* </pre>
*
* @return
*/
public List<String> getErrorMessages();
}