org.rhq.enterprise.server.sync.validators
Interface EntityValidator<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

MaxCountValidator, SystemSettingsValidator, UniquenessValidator

public interface EntityValidator<T>

Entity validators are declared by importers to validate the entities in the export file before it gets imported.

Author:

Lukas Krejci

Method Summary

void	initialize(org.rhq.core.domain.auth.Subject subject, javax.persistence.EntityManager entityManager) Initializes the validator with the current authentication info and access to database.
void	validateExportedEntity(T entity) Validates a single entity before it is imported.

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize(org.rhq.core.domain.auth.Subject subject,
                javax.persistence.EntityManager entityManager)

Initializes the validator with the current authentication info and access to database. This method is only called during import.

Parameters:

subject - the currently authenticated user

entityManager - the entity manager that can be used to access the database if the validator needs to do so.

validateExportedEntity

void validateExportedEntity(T entity)
                            throws ValidationException

Validates a single entity before it is imported. The supplied entity has one of the types returned by #getValidatedEntityTypes().

Parameters:

entity -

Throws:

ValidationException