org.opensaml.xml.validation

Class ValidatorSuite

java.lang.Object

org.opensaml.xml.validation.ValidatorSuite

public class ValidatorSuite
extends Object

A collection of validators that can be applied to an XMLObject and its children. These collections can represent usage specific checks, such as those outlined in things like profiles for specific XML specification. Registered Validators must be stateless. The xmlObjectTarget may be the XMLObject's element QName retrieved by XMLObject.getElementQName() or schema type, retrieved by XMLObject.getSchemaType(), with schema type registered checks performed first.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ValidatorSuite(String suiteId) Constructor.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	deregisterValidator(QName xmlObjectTarget, Validator validator) Removes a validator from this suite.
String	getId() Gets a unique ID for this suite.
List<Validator>	getValidators(QName xmlObjectTarget) Gets an immutable list of validators for a given XMLObject target.
void	registerValidator(QName xmlObjectTarget, Validator validator) Registers a new validator in the suite.
void	validate(XMLObject xmlObject) Evaluates the registered validators against the given XMLObject and it's children.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValidatorSuite

public ValidatorSuite(String suiteId)

Constructor.

Parameters:

suiteId - unique ID for this suite

Method Detail

getId

public String getId()

Gets a unique ID for this suite.

Returns:

a unique ID for this suite

validate

public void validate(XMLObject xmlObject)
              throws ValidationException

Evaluates the registered validators against the given XMLObject and it's children.

Parameters:

xmlObject - the XMLObject to validate

Throws:

ValidationException - thrown if the element is not valid

getValidators

public List<Validator> getValidators(QName xmlObjectTarget)

Gets an immutable list of validators for a given XMLObject target.

Parameters:

xmlObjectTarget - the XMLObject the returned list of validators operates on

Returns:

the list of validators for the XMLObject

registerValidator

public void registerValidator(QName xmlObjectTarget,
                     Validator validator)

Registers a new validator in the suite.

Parameters:

validator - the validator

xmlObjectTarget - the XMLObject the validator should operate on

deregisterValidator

public void deregisterValidator(QName xmlObjectTarget,
                       Validator validator)

Removes a validator from this suite.

Parameters:

xmlObjectTarget - the XMLObject the validator is currently registered for

validator - the validator to remove