/* * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.apache.sling.models.spi; import org.apache.sling.models.factory.InvalidModelException; import org.apache.sling.models.factory.ValidationException; import aQute.bnd.annotation.ConsumerType; @ConsumerType public interface ModelValidation { /** * Triggers validation for the given model on the given adaptable * @param adaptable the adaptable about to be used instantiate the Sling Model Class * @param modelClass the class of the model which is about to be instantiated * @param required if {@code true} validation fails even if validation model can't be found. * @return {@code null} if validation was successful, otherwise either {@link ValidationException} * in case validation could not be performed for some reason (e.g. no validation information available) * or {@link InvalidModelException} in case the given model type could not be validated through the {@link ModelValidation}. */ public abstract <ModelType> RuntimeException validate(Object adaptable, Class<ModelType> modelClass, boolean required) throws ValidationException, InvalidModelException; }