IValidationError.java

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package org.apache.wicket.validation;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.apache.wicket.util.io.IClusterable;

/**
 * Interface representing a validation error.
 * 
 * @author Igor Vaynberg (ivaynberg)
 * @since 1.2.6
 */
public interface IValidationError extends IClusterable
{
	/**
	 * Retrieves the error message (usually user-facing).
	 * 
	 * @param messageSource
	 *            the message source
	 * @return the error message
	 */
	Serializable getErrorMessage(IErrorMessageSource messageSource);
}