DocumentValidator (ion-docval 1.0-beta-3 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

SCHValidator, XSDValidator, XSLTValidator
```
public interface DocumentValidator
```
Interface for document validator implementation classes.

Author:

Ionite

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`reload()`	Reload the underlying validation file
`ValidationResult`	`validate(byte[] source)`	Validate the given XML source against the validation file and return a new ValidationResult instance
`ValidationResult`	`validate(byte[] source, ValidationResult result)`	Validate the given XML source against the validation file, and add the errors and warnings to the given ValidationResult item.

- Method Detail
  - reload
```
void reload()
     throws ValidatorException
```
    Reload the underlying validation file
    
    Throws:
    
    ValidatorException
  - validate
```
ValidationResult validate(byte[] source)
                   throws ValidatorException
```
    Validate the given XML source against the validation file and return a new ValidationResult instance
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - The XML source to validate
    
    Returns:
    
    A newly initialized ValidationResult containing the results of the validation
    
    Throws:
    
    ValidatorException - Thrown when there is an error performing the validation
  - validate
```
ValidationResult validate(byte[] source,
                          ValidationResult result)
                   throws ValidatorException
```
    Validate the given XML source against the validation file, and add the errors and warnings to the given ValidationResult item.
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - The XML source to validate
    
    result - Errors and warnings are added to this instance in-place
    
    Returns:
    
    The modified ValidationResult instance
    
    Throws:
    
    ValidatorException - Thrown when there is an error performing the validation