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Unica Validation Plug-in Developer's Kit (PDK) overview
Use the Validation Plug-in Developer's Kit (PDK) to develop custom validation logic for use in Unica Campaign.
Test harness for the Validation PDK
Being able to test validation code without putting it into Unica Campaign speeds up the plug-in Developer's process.

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- Validation PDK Guide
  - Unica Validation Plug-in Developer's Kit (PDK) overview
    Use the Validation Plug-in Developer's Kit (PDK) to develop custom validation logic for use in Unica Campaign.
    - Contents of the Validation PDK
      The Validation PDK contains components to develop Java™ plug-ins or command-line executables to add custom validation to Unica Campaign. The PDK contains documented, buildable examples of how to use the PDK.
    - Two ways to use the validation API
      There are two ways to use the Validation API.
    - Offer versus campaign validation
      A plug-in that is made with the Unica Campaign Validation PDK can perform custom validation logic for campaigns, offers, or both.
    - Sample validators included in the Validation PDK
      Two sample validators are included in the Unica Campaign Validation PDK: SimpleCampaignValidator and ExecutableCampaignValidator.
    - Test harness for the Validation PDK
      Being able to test validation code without putting it into Unica Campaign speeds up the plug-in Developer's process.
    - Build scripts for the Validation PDK
      The build scripts in the Validation PDK compile all of the classes in a directory and put them in a JAR file that is suitable for use in Unica Campaign.
  - Developing validation plug-ins for Campaign
    A plug-in is a Java™ class that is loaded at startup time and called whenever a campaign or offer is validated.
  - Calling an application to handle validation
    The Validation PDK includes a sample validator, ExecutableCampaignValidator, which runs an executable, validate.sh, from the command line, to perform validation.
- Macros for HCL Unica
  Macros can be used in Unica Campaign and Unica Interact to enhance your flowcharts.

Test harness for the Validation PDK

Being able to test validation code without putting it into Unica Campaign speeds up the plug-in Developer's process.

Customers who use extreme programming and other agile methodologies use unit testing extensively. The Validation PDK supports these methodologies by offering a test harness for running a plug-in outside of Unica Campaign.

To use the test harness:

Alter the unit test case to reflect the validation logic in the plug-in.
Run the build script:
- To create the plug-in without doing any unit tests, run the build scripts using the "ant jar" command.
- To create the plug-in and also do unit testing, run the build scripts using the "ant run-test" command.

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