Stage (Starjava TTOOLS API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

CapabilityStage, ColumnMetadataStage, CompareMetadataStage, ExampleStage, JobStage, ObsTapStage, QueryStage, TableMetadataStage, TablesEndpointStage, TapSchemaStage, UploadStage, XsdStage
```
public interface Stage
```
Represents a stage of validator processing.

Since:

3 Jun 2011

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getDescription()`	Returns a short one-line description of this stage.
`void`	`run(Reporter reporter, uk.ac.starlink.vo.TapService tapService)`	Performs the validation checks for this stage.

- Method Detail
  - getDescription
```
java.lang.String getDescription()
```
    Returns a short one-line description of this stage.
    
    Returns:
    
    description in imperative mood
  - run
```
void run(Reporter reporter,
         uk.ac.starlink.vo.TapService tapService)
```
    Performs the validation checks for this stage.
    
    Parameters:
    
    reporter - destination for validation messages
    
    tapService - TAP service description