Package org.eclipse.ui.dialogs

Interface ISelectionValidator

All Known Implementing Classes:

CopyResourceAction, MoveResourceAction

public interface ISelectionValidator

For validating selections in some selection dialogs.

Clients should implement this interface to define specialized selection validators.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	isValid(Object selection)	Returns a string indicating whether the given selection is valid.

Method Details

isValid

String isValid(Object selection)

Returns a string indicating whether the given selection is valid. If the result is null, the selection is considered to be valid; if the result is non-empty, it contains the error message to be displayed to the user.

Parameters:

selection - the selection to be validated

Returns:

the error message, or null indicating that the value is valid