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002 * Copyright 2018 Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften – ISAS – e.V..
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016package de.isas.mztab2.validation;
017
018import de.isas.mztab2.cvmapping.RuleEvaluationResult;
019import de.isas.mztab2.model.ValidationMessage;
020import java.util.List;
021
022/**
023 * Interface for handling of rule evaluation results.
024 * @author nilshoffmann
025 */
026public interface CvTermValidationHandler {
027    /**
028     * Implementations of this method should take care that they always return a list,
029     * even if it is empty.
030     * @param result the validation messages produced by this handler.
031     * @param errorOnTermNotInRule flag to signal, whether unknown terms should yield an error.
032     * @return a list of validation messages.
033     */
034    List<ValidationMessage> handleParameters(RuleEvaluationResult result,
035        boolean errorOnTermNotInRule);
036}