001    /*
002     * Copyright 2011 The Kuali Foundation.
003     * 
004     * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     * 
008     * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
009     * 
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.kuali.kfs.gl.batch.service;
017    
018    import java.util.List;
019    
020    import org.kuali.kfs.gl.businessobject.Transaction;
021    import org.kuali.kfs.sys.Message;
022    
023    /**
024     * An interface declaring methods needed by the Poster to ascertain if a transaction is suitable for posting
025     */
026    public interface VerifyTransaction {
027        /**
028         * Verify a transaction is good for posting
029         * 
030         * @param t Transaction to verify
031         * @return List of error messages, empty list means no errors
032         */
033        public List<Message> verifyTransaction(Transaction t);
034    }