org.kuali.rice.kew.rule
Interface RuleValidationAttribute

public interface RuleValidationAttribute

A simple interface for handling validation of rules. Validation results are returned in a ValidationResults object which consists of a series of error messages regarding the rule. The user who is adding or editing the rule is passed to validate as well as the rule to be validated.

Author:

Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

Method Summary

ValidationResults

validate(RuleValidationContext validationContext) Validates the rule within the given RuleValidationContext.

Method Detail

validate

ValidationResults validate(RuleValidationContext validationContext)
                           throws Exception

Validates the rule within the given RuleValidationContext.

Returns:

a ValidationResults object representing the results of the validation, if this is empty or null this signifies that validation was successful.

Throws:

Exception