001/*
002 * Copyright 2017 Leibniz Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften - ISAS e.V..
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
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009 *
010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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015 */
016package de.isas.lipidomics.mztab2.validation;
017
018import de.isas.mztab2.model.ValidationMessage;
019import java.util.Collections;
020import java.util.List;
021
022/**
023 * <p>
024 * Validator interface.</p>
025 *
026 * @author nilshoffmann
027 * @param <T> the return type of the validator's validate methods.
028 *
029 */
030public interface Validator<T> {
031
032    /**
033     * <p>
034     * validate.</p>
035     * 
036     * Please make sure that all exceptions are caught within the validate method!
037     *
038     * @param t the object to validate.
039     * @return a {@link java.util.List} object.
040     */
041    public default List<ValidationMessage> validate(T t) {
042        return Collections.emptyList();
043    }
044
045}