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  package org.activiti.validation;
  
  import java.util.List;
  import org.activiti.bpmn.model.BpmnModel;
  import org.activiti.validation.validator.ValidatorSet;
  
  /**
   * Validates a process definition against the rules of the Activiti engine to be executable
   *
  
   */
  public interface ProcessValidator {
      /**
       * Validates the provided {@link BpmnModel} and returns a list of all {@link ValidationError} occurences found.
       */
      List<ValidationError> validate(BpmnModel bpmnModel);
  
      /**
       * Returns the {@link ValidatorSet} instances for this process validator. Useful if some validation rules need to be disabled.
       */
      List<ValidatorSet> getValidatorSets();
  }
  