IFormModelValidator.java

package fr.openwide.core.wicket.more.markup.html.form.validation;

import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.Form;
import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.FormComponent;
import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.validation.AbstractFormValidator;
import org.apache.wicket.markup.html.form.validation.IFormValidator;
import org.apache.wicket.model.IDetachable;

public interface IFormModelValidator extends IDetachable {

	/**
	 * @return array of {@link FormComponent}s that this validator depends on
	 */
	FormComponent<?>[] getDependentFormComponents();

	/**
	 * This method is ran if all components returned by
	 * {@link IFormValidator#getDependentFormComponents()} are valid.
	 *
	 * <p>
	 * To report validation error use
	 * {@link FormComponent#error(org.apache.wicket.validation.IValidationError)}
	 * by using any of the dependent form components or extend from
	 * AbstractFormValidator and use its
	 * {@link AbstractFormValidator#error(FormComponent, String, java.util.Map)}
	 * method.
	 * 
	 * @param form
	 *            form this validator is added to
	 */
	void validate(Form<?> form);

}