ItemSearchRequestValidator (hybris Commerce Suite 2011)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ItemDeleteRequestValidator, ItemSearchPermissionValidator, KeyPropertyValuePresenceValidator, NotNullSearchRequestValidator, RequestedItemPresenceValidator
```
public interface ItemSearchRequestValidator
```
A validator for ItemSearchRequests, which ensures certain conditions in the request before performing an item search by ItemSearchService. If conditions are not met the validator can throw an instance of RuntimeException and to veto the search.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`validate(ItemSearchRequest request)`	Validates the specified item search request and rejects it by throwing an exception, if the specified request does not meet certain criteria.

- Method Detail
  - validate
```
void validate(ItemSearchRequest request)
```
    Validates the specified item search request and rejects it by throwing an exception, if the specified request does not meet certain criteria.
    
    Parameters:
    
    request - a request to validate
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.RuntimeException - if request is not valid and cannot be corrected.