/*
* Copyright 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
* SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
*/
package javax.xml.bind;
/**
* A basic event handler interface for validation errors.
*
* <p>
* If an application needs to implement customized event handling, it must
* implement this interface and then register it with either the
* {@link Unmarshaller#setEventHandler(ValidationEventHandler) Unmarshaller},
* the {@link Validator#setEventHandler(ValidationEventHandler) Validator}, or
* the {@link Marshaller#setEventHandler(ValidationEventHandler) Marshaller}.
* The JAXB Provider will then report validation errors and warnings encountered
* during the unmarshal, marshal, and validate operations to these event
* handlers.
*
* <p>
* If the <tt>handleEvent</tt> method throws an unchecked runtime exception,
* the JAXB Provider must treat that as if the method returned false, effectively
* terminating whatever operation was in progress at the time (unmarshal,
* validate, or marshal).
*
* <p>
* Modifying the Java content tree within your event handler is undefined
* by the specification and may result in unexpected behaviour.
*
* <p>
* Failing to return false from the <tt>handleEvent</tt> method after
* encountering a fatal error is undefined by the specification and may result
* in unexpected behavior.
*
* <p>
* <b>Default Event Handler</b>
* <blockquote>
* See: <a href="Validator.html#defaulthandler">Validator javadocs</a>
* </blockquote>
*
* @author <ul><li>Ryan Shoemaker, Sun Microsystems, Inc.</li><li>Kohsuke Kawaguchi, Sun Microsystems, Inc.</li><li>Joe Fialli, Sun Microsystems, Inc.</li></ul>
* @see Unmarshaller
* @see Validator
* @see Marshaller
* @see ValidationEvent
* @see javax.xml.bind.util.ValidationEventCollector
* @since JAXB1.0
*/
public interface ValidationEventHandler {
/**
* Receive notification of a validation warning or error.
*
* The ValidationEvent will have a
* {@link ValidationEventLocator ValidationEventLocator} embedded in it that
* indicates where the error or warning occurred.
*
* <p>
* If an unchecked runtime exception is thrown from this method, the JAXB
* provider will treat it as if the method returned false and interrupt
* the current unmarshal, validate, or marshal operation.
*
* @param event the encapsulated validation event information. It is a
* provider error if this parameter is null.
* @return true if the JAXB Provider should attempt to continue the current
* unmarshal, validate, or marshal operation after handling this
* warning/error, false if the provider should terminate the current
* operation with the appropriate <tt>UnmarshalException</tt>,
* <tt>ValidationException</tt>, or <tt>MarshalException</tt>.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if the event object is null.
*/
public boolean handleEvent( ValidationEvent event );
}
|