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package org.acegisecurity.domain.validation;

import org.springframework.validation.BindException;


/**
 * Able to validate any passed domain object instance, including its children.
 *
 * @author Ben Alex
 * @version $Id$
 */
public interface ValidationManager {
    //~ Methods ========================================================================================================

    /**
     * Validates the passed domain object, along with any children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren etc.<p>Before
     * performing validation, implementations must execute {@link BindBeforeValidation} for any domain objects
     * requesting it.</p>
     *
     * @param domainObject to validate (cannot be <code>null</code>)
     *
     * @throws BindException if a validation problem occurs
     * @throws ValidatorNotFoundException if no matching <code>Validator</code> could be found (and the implementation
     *         wishes to treat this as an exception condition as opposed to logging it and continuing).
     */
    public void validate(Object domainObject) throws BindException, ValidatorNotFoundException;
}
