/*
    This file is part of Cyclos (www.cyclos.org).
    A project of the Social Trade Organisation (www.socialtrade.org).

    Cyclos is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    Cyclos is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

 */
package nl.strohalm.cyclos.utils.validation;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * A property validation
 * @author luis
 */
public interface PropertyValidation extends Serializable {

    /**
     * Validates a property value
     * @param object The object
     * @param property The property name or descriptor
     * @param value The property value
     * @return A ValidationError if invalid, null if ok
     */
    ValidationError validate(Object object, Object property, Object value);

}
