ValidatingExtension.java

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package com.google.gdata.data;

import com.google.gdata.util.ParseException;




/**
 * Extends the base {@link Extension} interface to enable validation
 * of extension contents.
 *
 * 
 */
public interface ValidatingExtension extends Extension {

  /**
   * Enables an extension to perform final validation after all extension
   * elements of the parent ExtensionPoint have been processed.
   *
   * @param   parent
   *            parent ExtensionPoint
   *
   * @throws  ParseException
   */
  void validate(ExtensionPoint parent) throws ParseException;
}