ValidationTransformer.java

package com.thinkbiganalytics.validation.transform;

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import com.thinkbiganalytics.policy.PolicyTransformException;
import com.thinkbiganalytics.policy.rest.model.FieldValidationRule;
import com.thinkbiganalytics.policy.validation.ValidationPolicy;

/**
 * Transformation class to convert domain {@link ValidationPolicy} to/from ui objects {@link FieldValidationRule}
 */
public interface ValidationTransformer {

    /**
     * Convert from the domain object to the user interface object
     *
     * @param standardizationRule the domain level validation rule
     * @return the user interface object representing the validation rule
     */
    FieldValidationRule toUIModel(ValidationPolicy standardizationRule);

    /**
     * convert from the User interface to the domain object
     *
     * @param rule the user interface validation rule
     * @return the domain validation object
     */
    ValidationPolicy fromUiModel(FieldValidationRule rule)
        throws PolicyTransformException;


}