isovalidator.java

POS is a Java&#174 platform-based, mission-critical, ISO-8583 based financial transaction library/fr

/*
 * jPOS Project [http://jpos.org]
 * Copyright (C) 2000-2008 Alejandro P. Revilla
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

package org.jpos.iso;

/**
 * Validates a jPOS ISOComponent. These kind of validations are
 * considered in lowest level. Validation models at higher level
 * must not be considered here. Something like field-interdependency
 * and others complex validation rules are not included in these validations.
 * <p>Title: jPOS</p>
 * <p>Description: Java Framework for Financial Systems</p>
 * <p>Copyright: Copyright (c) 2000 jPOS.org.  All rights reserved.</p>
 * <p>Company: www.jPOS.org</p>
 * @author Jose Eduardo Leon
 * @version 1.0
 */
public interface ISOValidator {

    /**
     * Validate an ISOComponent.
     * @throws ISOVException if break-on-error is assummed and there are
     * some errors.
     */
    public ISOComponent validate( ISOComponent m ) throws ISOException;
}