SchemaElementDefinitionValidator (uk.gov.gchq.gaffer:gaffer2 2.3.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- uk.gov.gchq.gaffer.store.schema.SchemaElementDefinitionValidator

```
public class SchemaElementDefinitionValidator
extends Object
```
An SchemaElementDefinitionValidator validates a SchemaElementDefinition. Checks all function input and output types are compatible with the properties and identifiers provided. To be able to aggregate 2 similar elements together ALL properties have to be aggregated together. So this validator checks that either no properties have aggregator functions or all properties have aggregator functions defined.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

SchemaElementDefinitionValidator()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(Object o)`
`int`	`hashCode()`
`uk.gov.gchq.koryphe.ValidationResult`	`validate(SchemaElementDefinition elementDef)`	Checks each identifier and property has a type associated with it.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - SchemaElementDefinitionValidator
```
public SchemaElementDefinitionValidator()
```
- Method Detail
  - validate
```
public uk.gov.gchq.koryphe.ValidationResult validate(SchemaElementDefinition elementDef)
```
    Checks each identifier and property has a type associated with it. Checks all Predicates and BinaryOperators defined are compatible with the identifiers and properties - this is done by comparing the function input and output types with the identifier and property types.
    
    Parameters:
    
    elementDef - the ElementDefinition to validate
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the element definition is valid, otherwise false and an error is logged
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(Object o)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class Object