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  * Copyright 2007 The Kuali Foundation

  *

  * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 1.0 (the "License");

  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

  * You may obtain a copy of the License at

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 package org.kuali.student.common.validator;

 import java.util.List;

 import java.util.Stack;

 import org.kuali.student.common.dictionary.dto.FieldDefinition;

 import org.kuali.student.common.dictionary.dto.ObjectStructureDefinition;

 import org.kuali.student.common.validation.dto.ValidationResultInfo;

 /**

  * This is an abstract class that allows the sub implementations an option to reference ValidatorFactory.

  * Any custom validator code that requires validatorFactory should extend this abstract class. 

  * 

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (kuali-rice@googlegroups.com)

  *

  */

 public abstract class BaseAbstractValidator implements Validator {

     protected ValidatorFactory validatorFactory;    

     public ValidatorFactory getValidatorFactory() {

         return validatorFactory;

     }

     public void setValidatorFactory(ValidatorFactory validatorFactory) {

         this.validatorFactory = validatorFactory;

     }

     /**

      * @see org.kuali.student.common.validator.Validator#validateObject(java.lang.Object, org.kuali.student.common.dictionary.dto.ObjectStructureDefinition)

      */

     @Override

     public abstract List<ValidationResultInfo> validateObject(Object o, ObjectStructureDefinition objStructure);

     /**

      * @see org.kuali.student.common.validator.Validator#validateObject(org.kuali.student.common.dictionary.dto.FieldDefinition, java.lang.Object, org.kuali.student.common.dictionary.dto.ObjectStructureDefinition, java.util.Stack)

      */

     @Override

     public abstract List<ValidationResultInfo> validateObject(FieldDefinition field, Object o, ObjectStructureDefinition objStructure, Stack<String> elementStack);

 }