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package org.apache.padaf.preflight.font;
import java.util.List;
import org.apache.padaf.preflight.ValidationException;
import org.apache.padaf.preflight.ValidationResult.ValidationError;
import org.apache.padaf.preflight.font.AbstractFontContainer.State;
public interface FontValidator {
/**
* Call this method to validate the font wrapped by this interface
* implementation. Return true if the validation succeed, false otherwise. If
* the validation failed, the error is updated in the FontContainer with the
* right error code.
*
* @return
*/
public abstract boolean validate() throws ValidationException;
/**
* Return the State of the Font Validation. Three values are possible :
* <UL>
* <li>VALID : there are no errors
* <li>MAYBE : Metrics aren't consistent of the FontProgram isn't embedded,
* but it can be valid.
* <li>INVALID : the validation fails
* </UL>
*
* @return
*/
public State getState();
/**
* Return all validation errors.
*
* @return
*/
public List<ValidationError> getValdiationErrors();
}