ImageValidator (GeoAPI conformance 3.1-SNAPSHOT)

Object
- Validator
- - ImageValidator

```
public class ImageValidator
extends Validator
```
Validators for implementations of java.awt.image or javax.imageio services.

Since:

3.1

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from class Validator
  container, DEFAULT_TOLERANCE, enforceForbiddenAttributes, logger, requireMandatoryAttributes

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ImageValidator(ValidatorContainer container)
Creates a new validator instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`validate(IIOMetadataFormat format)`	Validates the given metadata format.
`void`	`validate(ImageReaderSpi provider)`	Validates the given provider of image readers.
`void`	`validate(ImageWriterSpi provider)`	Validates the given provider of image writers.

Methods inherited from class Validator
conditional, forbidden, mandatory, validate

Methods inherited from class Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ImageValidator
```
public ImageValidator(ValidatorContainer container)
```
    Creates a new validator instance.
    
    Parameters:
    
    container - the set of validators to use for validating other kinds of objects (see field javadoc).
- Method Detail
  - validate
```
public void validate(ImageReaderSpi provider)
```
    Validates the given provider of image readers. First, this method verifies that mandatory elements are non-null, arrays are non-empty (Image I/O specification requires them to be null rather than empty), and class names are valid. Next, this method invokes validate(IIOMetadataFormat) for each metadata format (which can be null).
    
    Parameters:
    
    provider - the provider to validate, or null if none.
  - validate
```
public void validate(ImageWriterSpi provider)
```
    Validates the given provider of image writers. First, this method verifies that mandatory elements are non-null, arrays are non-empty (Image I/O specification requires them to be null rather than empty), and class names are valid. Next, this method invokes validate(IIOMetadataFormat) for each metadata format (which can be null).
    
    Parameters:
    
    provider - the provider to validate, or null if none.
  - validate
```
public void validate(IIOMetadataFormat format)
```
    Validates the given metadata format.
    
    Parameters:
    
    format - the metadata format to validate, or null if none.