1 /*
2 * Copyright 2004-2009 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.springmodules.validation.bean.conf.loader.xml.handler;
18
19 import org.springmodules.validation.bean.conf.MutableBeanValidationConfiguration;
20 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
21
22 /**
23 * An handler that handles class level validation dom elements and manipulates the validation configuration
24 * appropriately.
25 *
26 * @author Uri Boness
27 */
28 public interface ClassValidationElementHandler {
29
30 /**
31 * Determines whether this handler can handle the given element.
32 *
33 * @param element The element to be handled.
34 * @param clazz The validated class.
35 * @return <code>true</code> if this handler can handle the given element, <code>false</code> otherwise.
36 */
37 boolean supports(Element element, Class clazz);
38
39 /**
40 * Handles the given element and and manipulates the given configuration appropriately.
41 *
42 * @param element The element to be handled.
43 * @param configuration The configuration to be manipulated.
44 */
45 void handle(Element element, MutableBeanValidationConfiguration configuration);
46
47 }