ValidatingRelationDescriptor (Atlassian Confluence 8.0.0-m90 API)

All Superinterfaces:

RelationDescriptor<S,T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticatedUserRelationDescriptor, DefaultValidatingRelationDescriptor
```
@ExperimentalSpi
public interface ValidatingRelationDescriptor<S extends Relatable,T extends Relatable>
extends RelationDescriptor<S,T>
```
A RelationDescriptor which provides a method to perform validation on descriptor operations.

Since:

5.11

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ValidationResult`	`canRelate(S source, T target)`	Returns `ValidationResult`, which indicates if two given entities may form a relation, described by this `RelationDescriptor` object

Methods inherited from interface com.atlassian.confluence.api.model.relations.RelationDescriptor
getRelationName, getSourceClass, getTargetClass

- Method Detail
  - canRelate
```
ValidationResult canRelate(S source,
                           T target)
```
    Returns ValidationResult, which indicates if two given entities may form a relation, described by this RelationDescriptor object
    
    Parameters:
    
    source - entity
    
    target - entity
    
    Returns:
    
    validation result