001/*
002 * This library is part of OpenCms -
003 * the Open Source Content Management System
004 *
005 * Copyright (c) Alkacon Software GmbH & Co. KG (http://www.alkacon.com)
006 *
007 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
008 * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
009 * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
010 * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
011 *
012 * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
013 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
014 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
015 * Lesser General Public License for more details.
016 *
017 * For further information about Alkacon Software, please see the
018 * company website: http://www.alkacon.com
019 *
020 * For further information about OpenCms, please see the
021 * project website: http://www.opencms.org
022 *
023 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
024 * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
025 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
026 */
027
028package org.opencms.gwt.client.validation;
029
030import org.opencms.gwt.shared.CmsValidationResult;
031
032/**
033 * This is the interface which an {@link I_CmsValidator} object uses to either synchronously report the result of a validation
034 * or to request an asynchronous validation from the server.<p>
035 *
036 * @since 8.0.0
037 */
038public interface I_CmsValidationController {
039
040    /**
041     * Reports the result of a synchronous validation.<p>
042     *
043     * @param field the field name
044     * @param result the validation result
045     */
046    void provideValidationResult(String field, CmsValidationResult result);
047
048    /**
049     * Requests an server-side validation to be performed later.<p>
050     *
051     * @param field the field name
052     * @param value the value of the field
053     * @param validator the server-side validator class name
054     * @param config the configuration string for the server-side validator
055     */
056    void validateAsync(String field, String value, String validator, String config);
057}