001/* 002 * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors. 003 * 004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 007 * 008 * https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 009 * 010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 012 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 013 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 014 * limitations under the License. 015 */ 016 017package org.springframework.batch.item.validator; 018 019 020/** 021 * Interface used to validate objects. 022 * 023 * @author tomas.slanina 024 * 025 */ 026public interface Validator<T> { 027 /** 028 * Method used to validate if the value is valid. 029 * 030 * @param value object to be validated 031 * @throws ValidationException if value is not valid. 032 */ 033 void validate(T value) throws ValidationException; 034}