Package net.sf.gridarta.model.validation

Packages
package	checks
package	errors

Classes
class	AbstractValidator
class	AbstractValidatorTest
class	DefaultErrorCollector
class	DefaultValidatorPreferences
class	DelegatingMapValidator
interface	ErrorCollector
interface	GameObjectValidator
interface	MapValidator
class	NoSuchValidatorException
interface	SquareValidator
class	TestValidatorPreferences
class	ValidationErrorComparator
class	ValidationUtils
interface	Validator
interface	ValidatorPreferences

Detailed Description

This package contains the framework for validating maps.

Design Notes

Notes on not using a Mirror API

Although it would have been possible to create a Mirror API I have decided to directly hand out the original API to the map validation.

Pro Mirror API / Contra Original API

• Keep the validation from (accidental) manipulation.

Pro Original API / Contra Mirror API

• The amount of work that a mirror API would have involved.
• Allow the validation to provide an error correction facility.

Notes on the class model

It would also have been possible to create less classes. But then the handling of enabling / disabling individual checks would have required more coding. I believe that this model is the best balance between an API that is powerful, small and easy to use. The number of classes is a bit high but all classes are extremely small.