[DX] [D8] Add a `validate()` method to entity classes

In Drupal 8, classes that are used in order to implement a content entity (which extend the ContentEntityBase class) have a validate() method that validates the values entered when creating the entity.

A similar method should be introduced in Backdrop and added to EntityInterface.

GitHub Link:

https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues/6061

GitHub Issue #:

6061

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Thanks for the response, Herb! Since I posted that I did some more testing and have posted this issue https://github.com/backdrop-contrib/tfa_basic/issues/33 In fact, if both email...

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I'll test this tomorrow to see if I can replicate the problem and report back. It's not "per user" so it should be working.

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