Just checked - on trunk it uses FeatureCollection.

public void runFeatureTests(String dsID, FeatureCollection collection, 
ValidationResults results);

ValidationResults operates as a visitor in a manner similar to 
TestResults in JUnit.

have fun,
Jody

> I've got some good news. I think I can make use of the validation
> framework in some of my geomerty and spatial relationship validation
> work.
>
> I've also got some bad news. I'm running into the FeatureModel problem again. 
> :]
>
> I think there are two approaches I could take:
>
> [1] I can convert all of my JUMP Features to GeoTools Features and
> then work with the existing interfaces and classes in the GeoTools
> validation code.
>
> [2] We can do some tweaking of the GeoTools validation code to add
> support for validation of just JTS geometries and the spatial
> relationships, and avoid Feature objects all together. (For example, I
> would need to introduce a GeometryValidation interface and
> SpatialRelationshipValidation interface as sub-interfaces of
> Validation. I would also need to add a runGeometryTests method and a
> runSpatialRelationships test to the ValidationProcessor class.)
>
> I suppose it doesn't really matter which approach I use. Both will be
> a little bit of work. (I've either got to do the conversion between
> Feature models or do the refactoring on the GeoTools side.) Do you
> guys favor one approach over the other?
>
> If I use the first approach OpenJUMP can take advantage of the Feature
> Validation code that is in GeoTools, which would be great. If I take
> the second approach other projects that don't use the GeoTools Feature
> Model would be able to take advantage of the geometry and spatial
> relationship validation code.
>
> I also see that the ValidationProcessor accesses the Features to
> validate through a FeatureReader. The Javadoc for the runFeatureTests
> method says that the method "uses a FeatureReader now instead of a
> FeatureCollection."
>
> I can see the point of this if you wanted to, for instance, validate
> features on import from a file or a database. But in my use case I
> intend on validating Features that are already contained in a Layer in
> OpenJUMP. Is there an alternative way to pass a collection of Features
> to the ValidationProcessor for validation? Can you create a
> FeatureReader from a FeatureCollection?
>
> It seems like the ValidationProcessor would be more useful if it
> contained a method that accepted a raw collection of Features instead
> of a higher-level object like FeatureReader.
>
> These are just some thoughts. I don't know how all of this code
> interacts, and I don't want to offend the designer/programmer. I
> thought it might be helpful to share the perspective of someone who
> would like to use and/or extend this code from a third-party program
> like OpenJUMP.
>
> At any rate, I think this is a good opportunity for collaboration. It
> is also an opportunity that I am interested in because of my current
> work for the OSGeo Journal.
>
> Should I get in touch with this module maintainer for answers to my questions?
>
> Thanks.
>
> The Sunburned Surveyor
>
> P.S. - Why do we use the term "validation" in some places and "tests"
> in others? For example, we use the method name runFeatureTests instead
> of something like runFeatureValidations or validateFeatures.
>
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