Validate an identification key and throw an error if validation fails.
Identification key.
Optional
validation: TIdentificationKeyValidationIdentification key validation parameters.
Get the identification key type. Per the GS1 General Specifications, the identification key type determines the remaining properties.
Get the prefix type supported by the identification key type. For all identification key types except the GTIN,
this is PrefixType.GS1CompanyPrefix
. For the GTIN, the prefix type determines the length.
Get the length. For numeric identification key types, the length is fixed; for alphanumeric identification key types, the length is the maximum.
Get the reference character set.
Get the reference validator.
Identification key validator. Validates an identification key against its definition in section 3 of the GS1 General Specifications.