pulsar-config-validation/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/config/validation/Validator.java

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package org.apache.pulsar.config.validation;

import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Primary validation interface. All validators should extend this abstract class and implement
 * the validateField method.
 */
public abstract class Validator {
    public Validator(Map<String, Object> params) {
    }

    public Validator() {
    }

    /**
     * validate the field value o that belogs to the field which is named name
     * This method should throw IllegalArgumentException in case o doesn't
     * validate per this validator's implementation.
     */
    public abstract void validateField(String name, Object o);
}