net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.utils
Class TextValidationHandler

java.lang.Object
  net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.utils.TextValidationHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

ValidationHandlerIF

public class TextValidationHandler
extends java.lang.Object
implements ValidationHandlerIF

PUBLIC: Validation handler that writes error reports on each violation out to the given PrintStream. The default PrintStream is System.err.

Constructor Summary

TextValidationHandler()
PUBLIC: Creates a validation handler that writes to System.err.

TextValidationHandler(java.io.PrintStream err)
PUBLIC: Creates a validation handler that writes to the given PrintStream instance.

Method Summary

void	endValidation() PUBLIC: Called after the validation of an entire topic map.
StringifierIF	getStringifier() PUBLIC: Gets the stringifier implementation used to write out topics related to errors.
void	setStringifier(StringifierIF stringifier) PUBLIC: Sets the stringifier implementation used to write out topics related to errors.
void	startValidation() PUBLIC: Called before the validation of an entire topic map begins.
void	violation(java.lang.String message, TMObjectIF container, java.lang.Object offender, ConstraintIF constraint) PUBLIC: Called when violations of the schema are discovered.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TextValidationHandler

public TextValidationHandler()

PUBLIC: Creates a validation handler that writes to System.err.

TextValidationHandler

public TextValidationHandler(java.io.PrintStream err)

PUBLIC: Creates a validation handler that writes to the given PrintStream instance.

Method Detail

getStringifier

public StringifierIF getStringifier()

PUBLIC: Gets the stringifier implementation used to write out topics related to errors.

setStringifier

public void setStringifier(StringifierIF stringifier)

PUBLIC: Sets the stringifier implementation used to write out topics related to errors.

violation

public void violation(java.lang.String message,
                      TMObjectIF container,
                      java.lang.Object offender,
                      ConstraintIF constraint)

Description copied from interface: ValidationHandlerIF

PUBLIC: Called when violations of the schema are discovered.

Specified by:

violation in interface ValidationHandlerIF

Parameters:

message - A message describing the nature of the violation.

container - The container of the offending object.

offender - The object that violated the schema.

constraint - The constraint that was violated.

startValidation

public void startValidation()

Description copied from interface: ValidationHandlerIF

PUBLIC: Called before the validation of an entire topic map begins. When single topics or associations are validated this method is not called.

Specified by:

startValidation in interface ValidationHandlerIF

endValidation

public void endValidation()

Description copied from interface: ValidationHandlerIF

PUBLIC: Called after the validation of an entire topic map. When single topics or associations are validated this method is not called.

Specified by:

endValidation in interface ValidationHandlerIF