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 package org.kuali.student.r2.common.datadictionary;

 import java.util.List;

 import org.kuali.student.r2.common.dto.ContextInfo;

 import org.kuali.student.r2.common.dto.ValidationResultInfo;

 import org.kuali.student.r2.common.exceptions.InvalidParameterException;

 import org.kuali.student.r2.common.exceptions.MissingParameterException;

 import org.kuali.student.r2.common.exceptions.OperationFailedException;

 import org.kuali.student.r2.common.exceptions.PermissionDeniedException;

 /**

  *

  * @author nwright

  */

 public interface DataDictionaryValidator {

     public static enum ValidationType {

         FULL_VALIDATION, SKIP_REQUREDNESS_VALIDATIONS;

         public static ValidationType fromString (String str)

           throws InvalidParameterException {

             for (ValidationType vt : ValidationType.values()) {

                 if (vt.name().equals(str)) {

                     return vt;

                 }

             }

             throw new InvalidParameterException ("validationType");

         }

     }

     /**

      * Generic validation interface used to implement the individual validateXXXX (xxxxx) methods

      * 

      * This is not supposed to remotable because it's object is an Object.

      *

      * @param validationType, FULL_VALIDATION or SKIP_REQUIREDNESS_VALIDATIONS

      * @param info object to be validated

      * @param context of user and locale information

      * @return list of validation results

      */

     public List<ValidationResultInfo> validate (ValidationType validationType, Object info, ContextInfo context)

       throws OperationFailedException, MissingParameterException, InvalidParameterException, PermissionDeniedException;

 }