public void validate() throws ConfigurationException {
  if (address == null) {
    throw new ConfigurationException(ConfigurationException.INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE,"Parameter \"address\" must not be null");
  }
  address.validate();
}

public void validate ( ) throws ConfigurationException { if ( address == null ) { throw new ConfigurationException ( ConfigurationException . INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE , "Parameter \"address\" must not be null" ) ; } address . validate ( ) ; }
validates this data tag . at the moment this means only checking if the data tag address is ! = null and then validating the data tag address .
