Chapter 3. Validation

In Smooks, rules are a general concept, not something specific to a particular cartridge.

You can configure and reference a RuleProvider from other components.

Rules are centrally defined through ruleBases. A single Smooks configuration can refer to many ruleBase definitions. A rulesBase configuration has a name, a rule src and a rule provider.

The format of the rule source is entirely dependent on the provider implementation. The only requirement is that the individual rules be uniquely named (within the context of a single source) so they can be referenced.