001/* 002 * IzPack - Copyright 2001-2005 Julien Ponge, All Rights Reserved. 003 * 004 * http://www.izforge.com/izpack/ 005 * http://developer.berlios.de/projects/izpack/ 006 * 007 * Copyright 2002 Elmar Grom 008 * 009 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 010 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 011 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 012 * 013 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 014 * 015 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 016 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 017 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 018 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 019 * limitations under the License. 020 */ 021 022package com.izforge.izpack.panels; 023 024/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ 025/** 026 * Interface for classes that provide rule validation services. 027 * 028 * @version 0.0.1 / 10/26/02 029 * @author Elmar Grom 030 */ 031/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ 032public interface Validator 033{ 034 035 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ 036 /** 037 * Validates the contend of an input field. 038 * 039 * @param client the client object using the services of this validator. 040 * 041 * @return <code>true</code> if the validation passes, otherwise <code>false</code>. 042 */ 043 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ 044 public boolean validate(ProcessingClient client); 045} 046/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/