Design sketch: ValidationError as trait

internal/crypto/src/ocsp/mod.rs

@@ -283,6 +283,11 @@ pub enum OcspError {
     CertificateStatusUnknown,
 }
 
+
+impl ValidationError for OcspError {
+    // ...
+}
+
 const DATE_FMT: &str = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z";
 
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]

internal/crypto/src/raw_signature/validator.rs

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 // each license.
 
 use bcder::Oid;
+use c2pa_status_tracker::ValidationError;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 use super::oids::*;
@@ -164,3 +165,7 @@ impl From<crate::webcrypto::WasmCryptoError> for RawSignatureValidationError {
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl ValidationError for RawSignatureValidationError {
+    // ...
+}

internal/status-tracker/src/error.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2024 Adobe. All rights reserved.
+// This file is licensed to you under the Apache License,
+// Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
+// or the MIT license (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT),
+// at your option.
+
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// this software is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+// WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+// implied. See the LICENSE-MIT and LICENSE-APACHE files for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+// each license.
+
+/// A `ValidationError` describes an error that was found when validating a C2PA manifest.
+pub trait ValidationError {
+    /// Returns the C2PA validation code for the error condition.
+    /// 
+    /// May return `None` if the error condition is not described in the C2PA Technical Specification.
+    fn validation_code(&self) -> Option<Cow<'static, str>>;
+
+    /// Returns the JUMBF path to the location where the error condition was identified.
+    /// 
+    /// May return `None` if the error condition does not pertain to a specific box in the manifest store.
+    fn jumbf_path(&self) -> Option<Cow<'static, str>>;
+}