FieldValidator (MzTab-M 2.0 reference implementation. 1.0.5 API)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the parsed object to validate.

All Known Implementing Classes:

SpectraRefValidator
```
public interface FieldValidator<T>
```
Implementations of the field validator are applied to the type object (usually a parsed string element) during the parsing process. The validator can access the current parsing context for state-dependent validation and receives the current column specification for type specific checking.

Author:

nilshoffmann

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`default List<MZTabError>`	`validateLine(int lineNumber, MZTabParserContext parserContext, IMZTabColumn column, String field, T t)`	Validate the given object of type T, using the provided parser context and column to check the state of not yet completely parsed and constructed mzTab hierarchy.

- Method Detail
  - validateLine
```
default List<MZTabError> validateLine(int lineNumber,
                                      MZTabParserContext parserContext,
                                      IMZTabColumn column,
                                      String field,
                                      T t)
```
    Validate the given object of type T, using the provided parser context and column to check the state of not yet completely parsed and constructed mzTab hierarchy.
    
    Parameters:
    
    lineNumber - the current line number being parsed. Maybe -1 to indicate no active lineNumber, e.g. for post-hoc refine validation.
    
    parserContext - the parser context
    
    column - the IMzTabColumn to use for type validation constraints
    
    field - the string representation of the field
    
    t - the object to validate
    
    Returns:
    
    a list of MZTabError, maybe empty.