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16
17 package org.apache.commons.latka;
18
19 import org.apache.commons.latka.http.Response;
20
21 /**
22  * This is the standard interface for custom validation of an HTTP
23  * Response in Latka. All custom validators need to implement
24  * a Validator class and a ValidationHandler class.
25  *
26  * @see org.apache.commons.latka.http.Response
27  * @see org.apache.commons.latka.xml.ValidationHandler
28  *
29  * @author Doug Sale
30  * @author dIon Gillard
31  * @version $Revision$
32  */
33 public interface Validator {
34     
35     /**
36      * Run custom validation. Latka will
37      * provide the HTTP response to this method. The implementer
38      * should throw a ValidationException if the Response fails
39      * to meet the validation criteria.
40      *
41      * @param response the HTTP response
42      * @throws ValidationException if the Response fails to be valid
43      */
44     void validate(Response response) throws ValidationException;
45 }
46
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