ConnectionValidator (GRIP API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

Pipeline
```
public interface ConnectionValidator
```
Allows Connections to be validated to ensure that the pipeline will remain valid.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`canConnect(OutputSocket<?> outputSocket, InputSocket<?> inputSocket)`	Determines if an output socket can be connected to an input socket.
`default boolean`	`canConnect(Socket socket1, Socket socket2)`	Resolves which `Socket` is the `OutputSocket` and which is the `InputSocket` and calls `canConnect(OutputSocket, InputSocket)`.

- Method Detail
  - canConnect
```
default boolean canConnect(Socket socket1,
                           Socket socket2)
```
    Resolves which Socket is the OutputSocket and which is the InputSocket and calls canConnect(OutputSocket, InputSocket).
    
    Parameters:
    
    socket1 - The first socket
    
    socket2 - The second socket
    
    Returns:
    
    The return value of canConnect(OutputSocket, InputSocket)
  - canConnect
```
boolean canConnect(OutputSocket<?> outputSocket,
                   InputSocket<?> inputSocket)
```
    Determines if an output socket can be connected to an input socket.
    
    Parameters:
    
    outputSocket - The output socket to connect to the input socket
    
    inputSocket - The input socket to accept the output value of the output socket
    
    Returns:
    
    True if a valid connection can be made from these two Sockets