eu.cessda.cmv.core

Interface Profile

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractProfile

public interface Profile

A profile is a set of constraints that can be used to validate XML documents. The CESSDA Metadata Validator validates a document using these constraints using a validation gate, which defines which constraints are used for validation.

Profiles are considered to be equal if each profile has the same constraints. Performing a validation using equivalent profiles should emit identical constraint violations. The ordering of the constraints is unimportant.

The profile name and version is not considered important for the purposes of profile equality, and is ignored.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Set<Constraint>	getConstraints() A set of constraints that can be used to validate documents.
NamespaceContext	getNamespaceContext()
String	getProfileName() Returns the name of the profile, or null if the profile doesn't have a name.
String	getProfileVersion() Returns the version of the profile, or null if the profile doesn't have a name.

Method Detail

getProfileName

String getProfileName()

Returns the name of the profile, or null if the profile doesn't have a name.

getProfileVersion

String getProfileVersion()

Returns the version of the profile, or null if the profile doesn't have a name.

getConstraints

Set<Constraint> getConstraints()

A set of constraints that can be used to validate documents.

Returns:

a set of constraints.

getNamespaceContext

NamespaceContext getNamespaceContext()