fedora.server.validation
Interface DOValidator

All Known Implementing Classes:

DOValidatorImpl, DOValidatorModule

public interface DOValidator

Title: DOValidator.java

Description: Validates a digital object.

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Version:

$Id: DOValidator.java,v 1.9 2005/01/11 20:06:09 cwilper Exp $

Author:

payette@cs.cornell.edu

Method Summary

void	validate(java.io.File in, java.lang.String format, int validationLevel, java.lang.String phase) Validates a digital object.
void	validate(java.io.InputStream in, java.lang.String format, int validationLevel, java.lang.String phase) Validates a digital object.

Method Detail

validate

public void validate(java.io.InputStream in,
                     java.lang.String format,
                     int validationLevel,
                     java.lang.String phase)
              throws ServerException

Validates a digital object.

Parameters:

in - The digital object provided as a bytestream.

validationLevel - The level of validation to perform on the digital object. This is an integer from 0-2 with the following meanings: 0 = VALIDATE_ALL (do all validation levels) 1 = VALIDATE_XML_SCHEMA (perform only XML Schema validation) 2 = VALIDATE_SCHEMATRON (perform only Schematron Rules validation)

phase - The stage in the work flow for which the validation should be contextualized. "ingest" = the object is in the submission format for the ingest stage phase "store" = the object is in the authoritative format for the final storage phase

Throws:

ServerException - If validation fails for any reason.

validate

public void validate(java.io.File in,
                     java.lang.String format,
                     int validationLevel,
                     java.lang.String phase)
              throws ServerException

Validates a digital object.

Parameters:

in - The digital object provided as a file.

validationLevel - The level of validation to perform on the digital object. This is an integer from 0-2 with the following meanings: 0 = VALIDATE_ALL (do all validation levels) 1 = VALIDATE_XML_SCHEMA (perform only XML Schema validation) 2 = VALIDATE_SCHEMATRON (perform only Schematron Rules validation)

phase - The stage in the work flow for which the validation should be contextualized. "ingest" = the object is in the submission format for the ingest stage phase "store" = the object is in the authoritative format for the final storage phase

Throws:

ServerException - If validation fails for any reason.