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6 * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
9 package org.opendaylight.groupbasedpolicy.resolver.validator;
12 * Interface for Validators used to validate Policy objects
16 public interface Validator<T> {
19 * Validate given object and his children. The result of all validations is
20 * stored in {@link ValidationResult} object.
22 * @param objectToValidate Object that should be validated by
24 * @return Result of performed validation
26 ValidationResult validate(T objectToValidate);
29 * Returns the Policy object type for which it is intended validator.
31 * @return Class of Policy object;