From dc935dcd6d414a87399e37b6a068740171df27d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keith Donald <kdonald@vmware.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:14:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added validation result

---
 .../ui/validation/ValidationResult.java       | 23 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/validation/ValidationResult.java

diff --git a/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/validation/ValidationResult.java b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/validation/ValidationResult.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..29255af53cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.context/src/main/java/org/springframework/ui/validation/ValidationResult.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package org.springframework.ui.validation;
+
+import org.springframework.ui.alert.Alert;
+
+public interface ValidationResult {
+
+	/**
+	 * The name of the model property associated with this validation result.
+	 */
+	String getProperty();
+	
+	/**
+	 * Indicates if the validation failed.
+	 */
+	boolean isFailure();
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the alert for this validation result, appropriate for rendering the result to the user.
+	 * An alert describing a successful validation will have info severity.
+	 * An alert describing a failed validation will have either warning or error severity.
+	 */
+	Alert getAlert();
+}