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package org.apache.jackrabbit.vault.validation.spi;

import java.util.Collection;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.ProviderType;


/**
 * Validator interface for validating node paths.
 * For validators interested in the actual properties use either {@link DocumentViewXmlValidator} or {@link GenericJcrDataValidator}.
 * 
 */
@ProviderType
public interface NodePathValidator extends Validator {
    /**
     * Called for each node being found in a package.
     * Empty node elements (in DocView files) are not included as they are only used for ordering purposes.
     * 
     * @param nodePath the absolute node path
     * @return validation messages or {@code null}
     * @deprecated Use {@link #validate(NodeContext)} instead!
     */
    @Deprecated
    default @Nullable Collection<ValidationMessage> validate(@NotNull String nodePath) { 
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException(); 
    }
    
    /**
     * Called for each node being found in a package.
     * Empty node elements (in DocView files) are not included as they are only used for ordering purposes.
     * 
     * @param nodeContext the information about the node context
     * @return validation messages or {@code null}
     */
    default @Nullable Collection<ValidationMessage> validate(@NotNull NodeContext nodeContext) {
        return validate(nodeContext.getNodePath());
    }
}
