001/** 002 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS HEADER. 003 * 004 * Copyright (c) 2005 Sun Microsystems Inc. All Rights Reserved 005 * 006 * The contents of this file are subject to the terms 007 * of the Common Development and Distribution License 008 * (the License). You may not use this file except in 009 * compliance with the License. 010 * 011 * You can obtain a copy of the License at 012 * https://opensso.dev.java.net/public/CDDLv1.0.html or 013 * opensso/legal/CDDLv1.0.txt 014 * See the License for the specific language governing 015 * permission and limitations under the License. 016 * 017 * When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL 018 * Header Notice in each file and include the License file 019 * at opensso/legal/CDDLv1.0.txt. 020 * If applicable, add the following below the CDDL Header, 021 * with the fields enclosed by brackets [] replaced by 022 * your own identifying information: 023 * "Portions Copyrighted [year] [name of copyright owner]" 024 * 025 * $Id: ServiceAttributeValidator.java,v 1.3 2008/06/25 05:44:05 qcheng Exp $ 026 * 027 */ 028 029/** 030 * Portions Copyrighted 2016 ForgeRock AS. 031 */ 032 033package com.sun.identity.sm; 034 035import java.util.Set; 036 037/** 038 * The interface <code>ServiceAttributeValidator</code> should be implemented 039 * by the services/applications if validator plugins are required. 040 * 041 * @supported.all.api 042 */ 043public interface ServiceAttributeValidator { 044 045 /** 046 * Validates the given set of string values. 047 * <p> 048 * 049 * <pre> 050 * Example: 051 * Set values = new HashSet(); 052 * values.add("o=iplanet.com"); 053 * values.add("uid=amadmin,ou=people,o=isp"); 054 * if ( DNValidator.validate(values) ) { 055 * System.out.println("valid attribute values"); 056 * } else { 057 * System.out.println("invalid attribute values"); 058 * } 059 * </pre> 060 * 061 * @param values 062 * the <code>Set</code> of attribute values to validate 063 * @return true if validates successfully; false otherwise 064 */ 065 boolean validate(Set<String> values); 066 067}