return FileInfo{}, errErasureReadQuorum
	}

	if count < latestFileInfo.Erasure.DataBlocks {
		return FileInfo{}, errErasureReadQuorum
	}

	return latestFileInfo, nil
}

// validates functionality provided to find most common
// time occurrence from a list of time.
func TestCommonTime(t *testing.T) {
	// List of test cases for common modTime.
	testCases := []struct {
		times  []time.Time

	}
	return &lc, nil
}

// Validate - validates the lifecycle configuration
func (lc Lifecycle) Validate(lr lock.Retention) error {
	// Lifecycle config can't have more than 1000 rules
	if len(lc.Rules) > 1000 {
		return errLifecycleTooManyRules
	}
	// Lifecycle config should have at least one rule
	if len(lc.Rules) == 0 {
		return errLifecycleNoRule
	}

	// Validate all the rules in the lifecycle config

		cfg.AuditKafka = make(map[string]kafka.Config)
		if cfg, err = lookupAuditKafkaConfig(scfg, cfg); err != nil {
			return cfg, err
		}
	}
	return cfg, nil
}

// ValidateSubSysConfig - validates logger related config of given sub-system
func ValidateSubSysConfig(ctx context.Context, scfg config.Config, subSys string) error {
	// Lookup for legacy environment variables first

			ssParity, minParityDrives)
	}

	if ssParity > setDriveCount/2 {
		return fmt.Errorf("parity %d should be less than or equal to %d", ssParity, setDriveCount/2)
	}

	return nil
}

// Validates the parity drives.
func validateParity(ssParity, rrsParity, setDriveCount int) (err error) {
	// SS parity drives should be greater than or equal to minParityDrives.
	// Parity below minParityDrives is not supported.

	}

	// ExecObjectLayerAPIAnonTest - Calls the HTTP API handler using the anonymous request, validates the ErrAccessDeniedResponse,
	// sets the bucket policy using the policy statement generated from `getWriteOnlyObjectStatement` so that the
	// unsigned request goes through and its validated again.

		entityKeysInStorage.Add(k)
		return true
	})

	return entityKeysInStorage
}

// NormalizeLDAPMappingImport - validates the LDAP policy mappings. Keys in the
// given map may not correspond to LDAP DNs - these keys are ignored.
//
// For validated mappings, it updates the key in the given map to be in
// normalized form.
func (sys *IAMSys) NormalizeLDAPMappingImport(ctx context.Context, isGroup bool,

	if location == "" {
		location = globalSite.Region()
	}
	if !isValidLocation(location) {
		return location, ErrInvalidRegion
	}

	return location, ErrNone
}

// Validates input location is same as configured region
// of MinIO server.
func isValidLocation(location string) bool {
	region := globalSite.Region()
	return region == "" || region == location
}

	}
	return madmin.BatchJobType("unknown")
}

// Validate validates the current job, used by 'save()' before
// persisting the job request
func (j BatchJobRequest) Validate(ctx context.Context, o ObjectLayer) error {
	switch {
	case j.Replicate != nil:
		return j.Replicate.Validate(ctx, j, o)
	case j.KeyRotate != nil:
		return j.KeyRotate.Validate(ctx, j, o)
	case j.Expire != nil:

	}
}

// RetentionDate is a embedded type containing time.Time to unmarshal
// Date in Retention
type RetentionDate struct {
	time.Time
}

// UnmarshalXML parses date from Retention and validates date format
func (rDate *RetentionDate) UnmarshalXML(d *xml.Decoder, startElement xml.StartElement) error {
	var dateStr string
	err := d.DecodeElement(&dateStr, &startElement)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

		if err != nil {
			return err
		}
		ctxt.Layout.pools = append(ctxt.Layout.pools, poolDisksLayout{cmdline: arg, layout: setArgs})
	}
	return
}

// CreateServerEndpoints - validates and creates new endpoints from input args, supports
// both ellipses and without ellipses transparently.
func createServerEndpoints(serverAddr string, poolArgs []poolDisksLayout, legacy bool) (