/* * #%L * Alfresco Repository * %% * Copyright (C) 2005 - 2016 Alfresco Software Limited * %% * This file is part of the Alfresco software. * If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of * the paid license agreement will prevail. Otherwise, the software is * provided under the following open source license terms: * * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * Alfresco 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 Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with Alfresco. If not, see . * #L% */ package org.alfresco.repo.dictionary; import org.alfresco.service.namespace.QName; /** * Validates model changes and deletes against the repository. * * @author sglover * */ public interface ModelValidator { /** * validate against dictionary * * if new model * then nothing to validate * * else if an existing model * then could be updated (or unchanged) so validate to currently only allow incremental updates * - addition of new types, aspects (except default aspects), properties, associations * - no deletion of types, aspects or properties or associations * - no addition, update or deletion of default/mandatory aspects * * @throws ModelInUseException if the model is being used by nodes or properties */ void validateModel(CompiledModel compiledModel); /** * Can the model be deleted (validate against repository contents / workflows)? * * @return true only if the model is not being used or if the model does not * exist */ boolean canDeleteModel(QName modelName); }