mercury-1.0.0-alpha-2/mercury-transport/mercury-transport-http/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/mercury/spi/http/validate/Validator.java

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package org.apache.maven.mercury.spi.http.validate;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Validator
 * <p/>
 * Interface for validating mercury content prior to completion
 */
public interface Validator
{
    /**
     * The file extension the validator will process
     *
     * @return String file extension
     */
    public String getFileExtension();

    /**
     * validation for a given file target with errors being able to be logged in the list
     *
     * @param stagedFile
     * @param errors
     * @return true if target file is valid
     */
    public boolean validate( String stagedFile, List<String> errors );

}