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package org.apache.padaf.preflight.annotation;

import java.util.List;


import org.apache.padaf.preflight.DocumentHandler;
import org.apache.padaf.preflight.ValidationResult.ValidationError;
import org.apache.padaf.preflight.actions.ActionManagerFactory;
import org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSDictionary;

public abstract class AnnotationValidatorFactory {
	protected ActionManagerFactory actionFact = null;
	
	public final void setActionFact(ActionManagerFactory _actionFact) {
		this.actionFact = _actionFact;
	}

	/**
	 * Return an instance of AnnotationValidator.
	 * <B>WARNING</B> this method must call the setFactory of each instance of AnnotationValidator.
	 * 
	 * @param annotDic
	 * @param handler
	 * @param errors
	 * @return
	 */
	public final AnnotationValidator getAnnotationValidator(COSDictionary annotDic, 
															DocumentHandler handler,
															List<ValidationError> errors) {
		AnnotationValidator av = instantiateAnnotationValidator(annotDic, handler, errors);
		if (av != null) {
			av.actionFact = actionFact;
		}
		return av;
	}

	public abstract AnnotationValidator instantiateAnnotationValidator(COSDictionary annotDic, 
	DocumentHandler handler,
	List<ValidationError> errors);
}