ReferencingValidator (GeoAPI conformance 3.1-SNAPSHOT)

Object
- Validator
- - ReferencingValidator

Direct Known Subclasses:

CRSValidator, CSValidator, DatumValidator, OperationValidator, ParameterValidator
```
public abstract class ReferencingValidator
extends Validator
```
Base class for validators of IdentifiedObject and related objects from the org.opengis.referencing package.
This class is provided for users wanting to override the validation methods. When the default behavior is sufficient, the Validators static methods provide a more convenient way to validate various kinds of objects.

Since:

2.2

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Modifier Constructor Description

protected ReferencingValidator(ValidatorContainer container, String packageName)
Creates a new validator instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`dispatchObject(IdentifiedObject object)`	For each interface implemented by the given object, invokes the corresponding `validate(…)` method defined in this package (if any).
`void`	`validate(Identifier object)`	Ensures that the given identifier has a code.

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
  - ReferencingValidator
```
protected ReferencingValidator(ValidatorContainer container,
                               String packageName)
```
    Creates a new validator instance.
    
    Parameters:
    
    container - the set of validators to use for validating other kinds of objects (see field javadoc).
    
    packageName - the name of the package containing the classes to be validated.
- Method Detail
  - dispatchObject
```
public final void dispatchObject(IdentifiedObject object)
```
    For each interface implemented by the given object, invokes the corresponding validate(…) method defined in this package (if any).
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - the object to dispatch to validate(…) methods, or null.
  - validate
```
public void validate(Identifier object)
```
    Ensures that the given identifier has a code.
    
    Parameters:
    
    object - the object to validate, or null.