1 /*
2 * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16
17 package org.springframework.batch.item.validator;
18
19
20 /**
21 * Interface used to validate objects.
22 *
23 * @author tomas.slanina
24 *
25 */
26 public interface Validator<T> {
27 /**
28 * Method used to validate if the value is valid.
29 *
30 * @param value object to be validated
31 * @throws ValidationException if value is not valid.
32 */
33 void validate(T value) throws ValidationException;
34 }