net.ontopia.topicmaps.schema.core
Interface SchemaValidatorIF

All Known Implementing Classes:

SchemaValidator

public interface SchemaValidatorIF

PUBLIC: Schema validators can validate topic map objects against a schema. Violations of the schema are reported to a separate error handler object.

Method Summary

ValidationHandlerIF	getValidationHandler() PUBLIC: Returns the validation handler that violations are currently reported to.
void	setValidationHandler(ValidationHandlerIF handler) PUBLIC: Sets the validation handler that violations of the schema will be reported to.
void	validate(AssociationIF association) PUBLIC: Validates an association against the schema.
void	validate(TopicIF topic) PUBLIC: Validates a topic against the schema.
void	validate(TopicMapIF topicmap) PUBLIC: Validates a topic map against the schema.

Method Detail

validate

void validate(TopicIF topic)
              throws SchemaViolationException

PUBLIC: Validates a topic against the schema.

Throws:

SchemaViolationException

validate

void validate(TopicMapIF topicmap)
              throws SchemaViolationException

PUBLIC: Validates a topic map against the schema. The startValidation and endValidation methods of the ValidationHandlerIF interface are called before and after validation.

Throws:

SchemaViolationException

validate

void validate(AssociationIF association)
              throws SchemaViolationException

PUBLIC: Validates an association against the schema.

Throws:

SchemaViolationException

setValidationHandler

void setValidationHandler(ValidationHandlerIF handler)

PUBLIC: Sets the validation handler that violations of the schema will be reported to.

getValidationHandler

ValidationHandlerIF getValidationHandler()

PUBLIC: Returns the validation handler that violations are currently reported to.