Package com.aquima.interactions.rule.validation

Class ValidationEngine

java.lang.Object

com.aquima.interactions.rule.validation.ValidationEngine

public class ValidationEngine
extends Object

This class contains the logic that is responsible for the validation.

Since:

5.0

Author:

O. Kerpershoek

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ValidationEngine(IRuleGraph graph)	Constructs a validation engine for the specified rule graph.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected IAttributeNode	getAttribute(ValueReference reference)
ValidationResult	validate(IProfile profile, ValueReference reference)	This method performs a validation for the attribute specified by the reference.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ValidationEngine

public ValidationEngine(IRuleGraph graph)

Constructs a validation engine for the specified rule graph.

Parameters:

graph - The rule graph containing the validation rules.

Method Details

validate

public ValidationResult validate(IProfile profile,
 ValueReference reference)

This method performs a validation for the attribute specified by the reference.

Parameters:

profile - The current profile state.

reference - A reference to the attribute value that should be validated.

Returns:

Object containing the results of the validation action.

Throws:

UnknownEntityException - This exception is thrown when the reference of a rule attempt to use an unknown entity.

UnknownAttributeException - This exception is thrown when the reference of a rule attempt to use an unknown attribute.

UnknownInstanceException - This exception is thrown when the reference of a rule attempt to use an unknown instance.

InstanceCastException - This exception is thrown when an instance cannot be converted to the expected type.

getAttribute

protected IAttributeNode getAttribute(ValueReference reference)