{-
	Copyright (C) 2010 Dr. Alistair Ward

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-}
{- |
 [@AUTHOR@]	Dr. Alistair Ward

 [@DESCRIPTION@]	A class to define the simple interface, to which data which can self-validation, should conform.
-}

module ToolShed.SelfValidate(
-- * Type-classes
	SelfValidator(..)
) where

-- | The interface to which data which can self-validate should conform.
class SelfValidator a	where
	isValid	:: a -> Bool	-- ^ The data which implements this interface should return 'True' if internally consistent.

instance SelfValidator a => SelfValidator [a]	where
	isValid	= all isValid	--NB: a null list is presumed to be OK.