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org.apache.any23.validator
Interface Validator

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultValidator

public interface Validator

The validator class allows to perform validation - correction of related to HTML Document instances.

Author:

Michele Mostarda (mostarda@fbk.eu), Davide Palmisano (palmisano@fbk.eu)

Method Summary

void	addRule(Class<? extends Rule> rule) Allows to register a new rule to this validator
void	addRule(Class<? extends Rule> rule, Class<? extends Fix> fix) Allows to register a new rule to this validator and associating it to a fix.
List<Class<? extends Rule>>	getAllRules() Returns all the registered rules.
List<Class<? extends Fix>>	getFixes(Class<? extends Rule> rule) Returns all fixes registered for the give rule.
void	removeRule(Class<? extends Rule> rule) Allows to remove a rule from the validator and all the related Fixes.
ValidationReport	validate(DOMDocument document, boolean applyFix) Performs a validation - fixing of the provided document.
ValidationReport	validate(URI documentURI, Document document, boolean applyFix) Performs a validation - fixing of the provided document.

Method Detail

validate

ValidationReport validate(DOMDocument document,
                          boolean applyFix)
                          throws ValidatorException

Performs a validation - fixing of the provided document.

Parameters:

document - the DOMDocument instance wrapping the original HTML document.

applyFix - if true tries to fix the document.

Returns:

a report of the detected issues.

Throws:

ValidatorException - if an error occurs during the validation process.

validate

ValidationReport validate(URI documentURI,
                          Document document,
                          boolean applyFix)
                          throws ValidatorException

Performs a validation - fixing of the provided document.

Parameters:

documentURI - the document source URI.

document - the original HTML document.

applyFix - if true tries to fix the document.

Returns:

a report of the detected issues.

Throws:

ValidatorException - if an error occurs during the validation process.

addRule

void addRule(Class<? extends Rule> rule)

Allows to register a new rule to this validator

Parameters:

rule -

addRule

void addRule(Class<? extends Rule> rule,
             Class<? extends Fix> fix)

Allows to register a new rule to this validator and associating it to a fix.

Parameters:

rule -

fix -

removeRule

void removeRule(Class<? extends Rule> rule)

Allows to remove a rule from the validator and all the related Fixes.

Parameters:

rule -

getAllRules

List<Class<? extends Rule>> getAllRules()

Returns all the registered rules.

Returns:

a not null list of rules.

getFixes

List<Class<? extends Fix>> getFixes(Class<? extends Rule> rule)

Returns all fixes registered for the give rule.

Parameters:

rule -

Returns:

a not null list of fixes.