001 package org.apache.fulcrum.intake.validator; 002 003 /* 004 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 005 * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 006 * distributed with this work for additional information 007 * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 008 * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 009 * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 010 * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 011 * 012 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 013 * 014 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 015 * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 016 * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 017 * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 018 * specific language governing permissions and limitations 019 * under the License. 020 */ 021 022 /** 023 * Interface to define the compare operation betwen two field values 024 * 025 * @author <a href="mailto:tv@apache.org">Thomas Vandahl</a> 026 * @version $Id: DateStringValidator.java 534527 2007-05-02 16:10:59Z tv $ 027 */ 028 public interface CompareCallback 029 { 030 /** 031 * Compare the given values using the compare operation provided 032 * 033 * @param compare type of compare operation 034 * @param thisValue value of this field 035 * @param refValue value of the reference field 036 * 037 * @return the result of the comparison 038 */ 039 public boolean compareValues(int compare, Object thisValue, Object refValue) 040 throws ClassCastException; 041 }