3 files changed, 39 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/config/environment.rs b/src/config/environment.rs
index c4d2c06..7ebe588 100644
--- a/src/config/environment.rs
+++ b/src/config/environment.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const ROUGHENOUGH_BATCH_SIZE: &str = "ROUGHENOUGH_BATCH_SIZE";
 const ROUGHENOUGH_STATUS_INTERVAL: &str = "ROUGHENOUGH_STATUS_INTERVAL";
 
 impl EnvironmentConfig {
-    pub fn new() -> Self {
+    pub fn new() -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let mut cfg = EnvironmentConfig {
             port: 0,
             interface: "".to_string(),
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ impl EnvironmentConfig {
             cfg.status_interval = Duration::from_secs(val as u64);
         };
 
-        cfg
+        Ok(cfg)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/config/file.rs b/src/config/file.rs
index 24011bb..8aa8ca2 100644
--- a/src/config/file.rs
+++ b/src/config/file.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pub struct FileConfig {
 }
 
 impl FileConfig {
-    pub fn from_file(config_file: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+    pub fn new(config_file: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         let mut infile = File::open(config_file).expect("failed to open config file");
 
         let mut contents = String::new();
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index 0cd8742..02ab941 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 //!
 
 extern crate hex;
+extern crate log;
 
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::time::Duration;
@@ -88,3 +89,38 @@ pub trait ServerConfig {
     /// Convenience function to create a `SocketAddr` from the provided `interface` and `port`
     fn socket_addr(&self) -> Result<SocketAddr, Error>;
 }
+
+pub fn is_valid_config(cfg: &Box<ServerConfig>) -> bool {
+    let mut is_valid = true;
+
+    if cfg.port() == 0 {
+        error!("unset port: {}", cfg.port());
+        is_valid = false;
+    }
+    if cfg.interface().is_empty() {
+        error!("interface is missing");
+        is_valid = false;
+    }
+    match cfg.socket_addr() {
+        Err(e) => {
+            error!("{}:{}: {:?}", cfg.interface(), cfg.port(), e);
+            is_valid = false;
+        }
+        _ => ()
+    }
+    if cfg.seed().is_empty() {
+        error!("seed value is missing");
+        is_valid = false;
+    }
+    if !cfg.seed().is_empty() && cfg.seed().len() != 32 {
+        error!("seed value must be 32 characters long");
+        is_valid = false;
+    }
+    if cfg.batch_size() < 1 || cfg.batch_size() > 64 {
+        error!("batch_size {} is invalid; valid range 1-64", cfg.batch_size());
+        is_valid = false;
+    }
+
+    is_valid
+}
+