001// Copyright 2009, 2010 The Apache Software Foundation 002// 003// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 004// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 005// You may obtain a copy of the License at 006// 007// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 008// 009// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 010// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 011// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 012// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 013// limitations under the License. 014package org.apache.tapestry5.internal; 015 016/** 017 * Defines a context for validating beans. 018 * 019 * @since 5.2.0 020 */ 021public interface BeanValidationContext 022{ 023 /** 024 * Returns the type of the object to validate. This method is needed for client side validation. 025 */ 026 Class getBeanType(); 027 028 /** 029 * Return the object to validate. 030 */ 031 Object getBeanInstance(); 032 033 /** 034 * Returns name of the property to validate. The current name is overwritten by every form field. 035 */ 036 String getCurrentProperty(); 037 038 /** 039 * Sets name of the property to validate. 040 * 041 * @param propertyName name of the property 042 */ 043 void setCurrentProperty(String propertyName); 044}