org.apache.avro

Class ValidateLatest

java.lang.Object

org.apache.avro.ValidateLatest

All Implemented Interfaces:

SchemaValidator

public final class ValidateLatest
extends Object
implements SchemaValidator

A SchemaValidator for validating the provided schema against the first Schema in the iterable in validate(Schema, Iterable).

Uses the SchemaValidationStrategy provided in the constructor to validate the schema against the first Schema in the iterable, if it exists, via SchemaValidationStrategy.validate(Schema, Schema).

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ValidateLatest(SchemaValidationStrategy strategy)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	validate(Schema toValidate, Iterable<Schema> schemasInOrder) Validate one schema against others.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ValidateLatest

public ValidateLatest(SchemaValidationStrategy strategy)

Parameters:

strategy - The strategy to use for validation of pairwise schemas.

Method Detail

validate

public void validate(Schema toValidate,
                     Iterable<Schema> schemasInOrder)
              throws SchemaValidationException

Description copied from interface: SchemaValidator

Validate one schema against others. The order of the schemas to validate against is chronological from most recent to oldest, if there is a natural chronological order. This allows some validators to identify which schemas are the most "recent" in order to validate only against the most recent schema(s).

Specified by:

validate in interface SchemaValidator

Parameters:

toValidate - The schema to validate

schemasInOrder - The schemas to validate against, in order from most recent to latest if applicable

Throws:

SchemaValidationException - if the schema fails to validate.