it.amattioli.dominate.validation
Class ChainedValidator

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java.lang.Object
  it.amattioli.dominate.validation.ChainedValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Validator

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultValidator, HibernateValidator3Validator

public abstract class ChainedValidator
extends Object
implements Validator

Constructor Summary

ChainedValidator()

ChainedValidator(Object validatingBean)

ChainedValidator(Object validatingBean, Validator nextInChain)

Method Summary

protected Validator	getNextInChain()
Constraint	getPropertyConstraint(String propertyName, String constraintName) Retrieves validation meta-data about a property.
Collection<Constraint>	getPropertyConstraints(String propertyName) Retrieves validation meta-data about a property.
protected Object	getValidatingBean()
protected abstract Collection<Constraint>	itselfGetPropertyConstraints(String propertyName)
protected abstract ValidationResult	itselfValidateBean()
protected abstract ValidationResult	itselfValidateProperty(String propertyName, Object value)
ValidationResult	validateBean() Check if an object is valid as a whole.
ValidationResult	validateProperty(String propertyName, Object value) Check if a value is valid for a property.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ChainedValidator

public ChainedValidator()

ChainedValidator

public ChainedValidator(Object validatingBean)

ChainedValidator

public ChainedValidator(Object validatingBean,
                        Validator nextInChain)

Method Detail

getValidatingBean

protected Object getValidatingBean()

getNextInChain

protected Validator getNextInChain()

getPropertyConstraint

public Constraint getPropertyConstraint(String propertyName,
                                        String constraintName)

Description copied from interface: Validator

Retrieves validation meta-data about a property.

Specified by:

getPropertyConstraint in interface Validator

Parameters:

propertyName - the name of the property

constraintName - the name of the constraint to be retrieved

Returns:

the constraint of the given property with the given name if it exists, null otherwise

getPropertyConstraints

public Collection<Constraint> getPropertyConstraints(String propertyName)

Description copied from interface: Validator

Retrieves validation meta-data about a property.

Specified by:

getPropertyConstraints in interface Validator

Parameters:

propertyName - the name of the property

Returns:

a collection of Constraint objects each containing a constraint description

itselfGetPropertyConstraints

protected abstract Collection<Constraint> itselfGetPropertyConstraints(String propertyName)

validateBean

public ValidationResult validateBean()

Description copied from interface: Validator

Check if an object is valid as a whole.

Specified by:

validateBean in interface Validator

Returns:

a ValidationResult object whose type is ValidationResult.ResultType.VALID if the object is valid, otherwise a ValidationResult object whose type is ValidationResult.ResultType.INVALID

itselfValidateBean

protected abstract ValidationResult itselfValidateBean()

validateProperty

public ValidationResult validateProperty(String propertyName,
                                         Object value)

Description copied from interface: Validator

Check if a value is valid for a property.

Specified by:

validateProperty in interface Validator

Parameters:

propertyName - the name of the property to be checked

value - the value to be checked

Returns:

a ValidationResult object whose type is ValidationResult.ResultType.VALID if the value is valid for the property, otherwise a ValidationResult object whose type is ValidationResult.ResultType.INVALID

itselfValidateProperty

protected abstract ValidationResult itselfValidateProperty(String propertyName,
                                                           Object value)