001 /*--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 002 $Id: ILocalConstraint.java 26283 2010-02-18 11:18:57Z juergens $ 003 | | 004 | Copyright 2005-2010 Technische Universitaet Muenchen | 005 | | 006 | Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); | 007 | you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. | 008 | You may obtain a copy of the License at | 009 | | 010 | http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 | 011 | | 012 | Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software | 013 | distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, | 014 | WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. | 015 | See the License for the specific language governing permissions and | 016 | limitations under the License. | 017 +--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ 018 package edu.tum.cs.commons.constraint; 019 020 /** 021 * Interface of a constraint checking a local property, i.e. one that can be 022 * verified by only seeing one object. A constraint usually should be stateless. 023 * 024 * @param <T> 025 * the type of object being checked by the constraint. 026 * 027 * @author hummelb 028 * @author $Author: juergens $ 029 * @version $Rev: 26283 $ 030 * @levd.rating GREEN Hash: 92D35FD04ECF2EB71E20CF1FA5E2CD24 031 */ 032 public interface ILocalConstraint<T> { 033 034 /** 035 * Checks this constraint and throws an exception only if the constraint is 036 * violated for the object. 037 * 038 * @param object 039 * the object to be checked by this constraint. 040 * 041 * @throws ConstraintViolationException 042 * if the constraint was violated. 043 */ 044 void checkLocalConstraint(T object) throws ConstraintViolationException; 045 }