Package nl.knaw.dans.lib.util.ruleengine

Interface RuleEngine

All Known Implementing Classes:

RuleEngineImpl

public interface RuleEngine

Engine for validating bags against rule sets.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<RuleValidationResult>	validateBag(Path bag, List<NumberedRule> rules)	Validates the given bag against a given rule set.
void	validateRuleSet(List<NumberedRule> rules)	Check that a rule set is internally consistent.

Method Details

validateRuleSet

void validateRuleSet(List<NumberedRule> rules)
              throws RuleEngineConfigurationException

Check that a rule set is internally consistent. It checks for duplicate rules and for unresolved dependencies.

Parameters:

rules - the rule set

Throws:

RuleEngineConfigurationException - if the rule set is not consistent

validateBag

List<RuleValidationResult> validateBag(Path bag,
 List<NumberedRule> rules)
                                throws Exception

Validates the given bag against a given rule set.

Parameters:

bag - the bag to validate

rules - the rule set

Returns:

the validation result

Throws:

Exception - if the validation could not be completed successfully