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-rw-r--r--src/core/model/Typesystem.hpp16
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/model/Typesystem.hpp b/src/core/model/Typesystem.hpp
index 44cf126..f4182fc 100644
--- a/src/core/model/Typesystem.hpp
+++ b/src/core/model/Typesystem.hpp
@@ -111,12 +111,26 @@ public:
* @param data is a variant containing the data that should be checked and
* -- if possible and necessary -- converted to a variant adhering to the
* internal representation used by the Type class.
- * @param logger is the Logger instance into which errors should be written.
+ * @param logger is the Logger instance into which errors should be
+ * written.
* @return true if the conversion was successful, false otherwise.
*/
bool build(Variant &data, Logger &logger) const;
/**
+ * Returns true if and only if the given Variant adheres to this Type. In
+ * essence this just calls the build method on a copy of the input Variant.
+ *
+ * @param data is a Variant containing data that shall be validated.
+ * @param logger is a logger instance to which errors will be written.
+ *
+ * @return true if and only if the given Variant adheres to this Type.
+ */
+ bool isValid(Variant data, Logger &logger) const{
+ return build(data, logger);
+ }
+
+ /**
* Returns the underlying Typesystem instance.
*
* @return a Rooted reference pointing at the underlying typesystem