cdmlib-model/src/main/java/eu/etaxonomy/cdm/validation/constraint/StubValidator.java

   1 /**
   2 * Copyright (C) 2009 EDIT
   3 * European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy
   4 * http://www.e-taxonomy.eu
   5 *
   6 * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
   7 * See LICENSE.TXT at the top of this package for the full license terms.
   8 */
   9
  10 package eu.etaxonomy.cdm.validation.constraint;
  11
  12 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
  13
  14 import javax.validation.ConstraintValidator;
  15 import javax.validation.ConstraintValidatorContext;
  16
  17 /**
  18  * Stub validatior for use when a constraint uses cdmlib-services component
  19  * (and therfore the implementation requires components that are not visible
  20  * in the cdmlib-model package)
  21  *
  22  * To resolve this circular dependency, use this stub as the validator in the
  23  * annotation, then substitute an implementation using an XML config file.
  24  *
  25  * @author ben.clark
  26  */
  27 public class StubValidator implements
  28                 ConstraintValidator<Annotation,Object> {
  29
  30         public void initialize(Annotation annotation) { }
  31
  32         public boolean isValid(Object obj, ConstraintValidatorContext constraintContext) {
  33                 return true;
  34         }
  35 }