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+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2011 the original author or authors.
+ * See the notice.md file distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.beust.jcommander;
+
+public interface IParameterValidator2 extends IParameterValidator {
+
+  /**
+   * Validate the parameter.
+   *
+   * @param name The name of the parameter (e.g. "-host").
+   * @param value The value of the parameter that we need to validate
+   * @param pd The description of this parameter
+   *
+   * @throws ParameterException Thrown if the value of the parameter is invalid.
+   */
+  void validate(String name, String value, ParameterDescription pd) throws ParameterException;
+
+}