From e15e9c362bdc63354165d20741242ec240b0c3e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: riasc <richard.schaefer@zoho.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:33:15 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] added validator interface for files

---
 include/genogrove/DataFileValidator.hpp | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 include/genogrove/DataFileValidator.hpp

diff --git a/include/genogrove/DataFileValidator.hpp b/include/genogrove/DataFileValidator.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c8633b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/genogrove/DataFileValidator.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef GENOGROVE_DATAFILEVALIDATOR_HPP
+#define GENOGROVE_DATAFILEVALIDATOR_HPP
+
+class DataFileValidator {
+    virtual bool validate(std::string& filepath) = 0;
+    virtual std::string getErrorMessage() = 0;
+    virtual ~DataFileValidator() = default;:wchar_t 
+};
+
+#endif //GENOGROVE_DATAFILEVALIDATOR_HPP