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package grails.validation;
import org.springframework.context.MessageSource;
import org.springframework.context.MessageSourceAware;
import org.springframework.validation.Errors;
/**
* Defines a validatable constraint.
*
* @author Graeme Rocher
* @deprecated Use {@link grails.gorm.validation.Constraint} instead
*/
@Deprecated
public interface Constraint extends MessageSourceAware, grails.gorm.validation.Constraint {
/**
* Returns whether the constraint supports being applied against the specified type;
*
* @param type The type to support
* @return true if the constraint can be applied against the specified type
*/
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
boolean supports(Class type);
/**
* Return whether the constraint is valid for the owning class
*
* @return true if it is
*/
boolean isValid();
/**
* Validate this constraint against a property value. If implementation is vetoing (isVetoing() method
* returns true), then it could return 'true' to stop further validation.
*
* @param target
* @param propertyValue The property value to validate
* @param errors The errors instance to record errors against
*/
void validate(Object target, Object propertyValue, Errors errors);
/**
* The parameter which the constraint is validated against.
*
* @param parameter
*/
void setParameter(Object parameter);
Object getParameter();
/**
* The class the constraint applies to
*
* @param owningClass
*/
@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
void setOwningClass(Class owningClass);
/**
* The name of the property the constraint applies to
*
* @param propertyName
*/
void setPropertyName(String propertyName);
/**
* @return The name of the constraint
*/
String getName();
/**
* @return The property name of the constraint
*/
String getPropertyName();
/**
* The message source to evaluate the default messages from
*
* @param source
*/
void setMessageSource(MessageSource source);
}