src/main/java/org/apache/sling/validation/ValidationFailure.java

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package org.apache.sling.validation;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

import aQute.bnd.annotation.ProviderType;

@ProviderType
public interface ValidationFailure {

    /**
     * @return the failure message
     */
    public @Nonnull String getMessage();
    
    /**
     * Returns the relative location of the property/resource/value which triggered this validation failure.
     * The location 
     * <ul>
     * <li>is relative to the resource given in the first parameter in case it was returned by {@link ValidationService#validate(org.apache.sling.api.resource.Resource, org.apache.sling.validation.model.ValidationModel)} or {@link ValidationService#validateResourceRecursively(org.apache.sling.api.resource.Resource, boolean, org.apache.commons.collections.Predicate, boolean)} or</li>
     * <li>contains just the value name in case it was returned by {@link ValidationService#validate(org.apache.sling.api.resource.ValueMap, org.apache.sling.validation.model.ValidationModel)}</li>
     * </ul>
     * @return the location (usually the validated resource's property path).
     */
    public @Nonnull String getLocation();
    
}