[#BloombergLP-baljsn-EncodeImplUtil-validate-0e] = xref:BloombergLP.adoc[BloombergLP]::xref:BloombergLP/baljsn.adoc[baljsn]::xref:BloombergLP/baljsn/EncodeImplUtil.adoc[EncodeImplUtil]::validate :relfileprefix: ../../../ :mrdocs: Same as the preceding `validate` overload for the specified `category`. == Synopsis Declared in `<baljsn_encodeimplutil.h>` [source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"] ---- template< class TYPE, class CATEGORY> static int validate( std::ostream* logStream, TYPE const& value, CATEGORY category); ---- [.small]#Created with https://www.mrdocs.com[MrDocs]#