PreferencesValidator (GateIn - Portlet Container (JSR 168 API) 6.2.3-RC02 API)

```
public interface PreferencesValidator
```
The PreferencesValidator allows to validate the set of preferences of the associated portlet just before they are stored in the persistent store. The portlet container invokes the validate method as part of the invocation of the store method of the PortletPreferences.

Version:

$Revision: 5441 $

Author:

Julien Viet

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`validate(PortletPreferences preferences)`	If the preferences values are successfully validated the call to this method must finish gracefully.

- Method Detail
  - validate
```
void validate(PortletPreferences preferences)
       throws ValidatorException
```
    If the preferences values are successfully validated the call to this method must finish gracefully. Otherwise it must throw a ValidatorException.
    
    Parameters:
    
    preferences - preferences to validate
    
    Throws:
    
    ValidatorException - if the given preferences contains invalid settings