com.tzavellas.validation
Class BeanValidator

java.lang.Object
  com.tzavellas.validation.BeanValidator

public class BeanValidator
extends Object

A class used to validate the properties of JavaBean objects using a collection of specified PropertyValidators.

Thread safety: This class is thread safe.

Author:

Spiros Tzavellas

See Also:

PropertyValidator

Constructor Summary

BeanValidator(PropertyValidator<?>... validators)
Construct a BeanValidator with the specified collection of PropertyValidators.

Method Summary

void	add(PropertyValidator<?> v) Add a PropertyValidator to be used when validating objects.
boolean	isValid(Object bean) Validate the specified object.
ValidationResult	validate(Object bean) Validate the specified object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BeanValidator

public BeanValidator(PropertyValidator<?>... validators)

Construct a BeanValidator with the specified collection of PropertyValidators.

Method Detail

add

public void add(PropertyValidator<?> v)

Add a PropertyValidator to be used when validating objects.

Parameters:

v - the PropertyValidator to add

isValid

public boolean isValid(Object bean)

Validate the specified object.

Parameters:

bean - the JavaBean to validate

Returns:

true if all validations pass else false

validate

public ValidationResult validate(Object bean)

Validate the specified object.

Parameters:

bean - the JavaBean to validate

Returns:

a Collection of errors if the validation fails. An empty Collection otherwise.