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package de.esoco.lib.expression.function;

import de.esoco.lib.expression.function.Validation.ValidationResult;

import java.util.Objects;
import java.util.function.Function;


/********************************************************************
 * A functional interface that produces instances of {@link ValidationResult}
 * upon the validation of input values.
 *
 * @author eso
 */
@FunctionalInterface
public interface Validation<T> extends Function<T, ValidationResult>
{
	//~ Methods ----------------------------------------------------------------

	/***************************************
	 * Default implementation that invokes {@link #validate(Object)}.
	 *
	 * @see Function#apply(Object)
	 */
	@Override
	default public ValidationResult apply(T rValue)
	{
		return validate(rValue);
	}

	/***************************************
	 * Validates the input value and returns a corresponding {@link
	 * ValidationResult}.
	 *
	 * @param  rValue The value to validate
	 *
	 * @return The validation result
	 */
	public ValidationResult validate(T rValue);

	//~ Inner Classes ----------------------------------------------------------

	/********************************************************************
	 * A class that represents the result of some validation. If the validation
	 * has failed the method {@link #isValid()} will return FALSE and the method
	 * {@link #getMessage()} will return the corresponding error message.
	 *
	 * @author eso
	 */
	public static class ValidationResult
	{
		//~ Instance fields ----------------------------------------------------

		private final String sMessage;

		//~ Constructors -------------------------------------------------------

		/***************************************
		 * Creates a new instance.
		 *
		 * @param sMessage The error message
		 */
		protected ValidationResult(String sMessage)
		{
			this.sMessage = sMessage;
		}

		//~ Static methods -----------------------------------------------------

		/***************************************
		 * Returns a valid result with a certain error message.
		 *
		 * @param  sMessage The error message
		 *
		 * @return A validation result that is invalid
		 */
		public static ValidationResult invalid(String sMessage)
		{
			Objects.requireNonNull(sMessage);

			return new ValidationResult(sMessage);
		}

		/***************************************
		 * Returns a valid result.
		 *
		 * @return A validation result that is valid
		 */
		public static ValidationResult valid()
		{
			return new ValidationResult(null);
		}

		//~ Methods ------------------------------------------------------------

		/***************************************
		 * Returns the message is the result is invalid (see {@link
		 * #isValid()}).
		 *
		 * @return The message or NULL if the validation was successful
		 */
		public String getMessage()
		{
			return sMessage;
		}

		/***************************************
		 * Returns the validation result.
		 *
		 * @return TRUE if the validation was successful, FALSE if it failed
		 */
		public boolean isValid()
		{
			return sMessage != null;
		}
	}
}

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