package ca.uhn.fhir.validation;

import org.hl7.fhir.instance.model.api.IBaseResource;


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/**
 * An individual validation module, which applies validation rules against
 * resources and adds failure/informational messages as it goes.
 * 
 * See <a href="http://jamesagnew.github.io/hapi-fhir/doc_validation.html">Validation</a>
 * for a list of available modules. You may also create your own.
 */
public interface IValidatorModule {

	/**
	 * Validate the actual resource.
	 * 
	 * The {@link IValidationContext} can be used to access the resource being validated,
	 * and is populated with the results.
	 */
	void validateResource(IValidationContext<IBaseResource> theCtx);

}
