plugins/javax.resource/src/javax/resource/spi/ActivationSpec.java

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package javax.resource.spi;

import javax.resource.ResourceException;

/**
 * This interface serves as a marker. An instance of an ActivationSpec must be
 * a JavaBean and must be serializable. This holds the activation configuration
 * information for a message endpoint.
 *
 * @version 1.0
 * @author  Ram Jeyaraman
 */
public interface ActivationSpec extends ResourceAdapterAssociation {

    /**
     * This method may be called by a deployment tool to validate the overall
     * activation configuration information provided by the endpoint deployer.
     * This helps to catch activation configuration errors earlier on without 
     * having to wait until endpoint activation time for configuration 
     * validation. The implementation of this self-validation check behavior 
     * is optional.
     *
     * @throws <code>InvalidPropertyException</code> 
     *                   indicates invalid configuration property settings.
     */
    void validate() throws InvalidPropertyException;
}