com.tzavellas.validation
Class PropertyValidator<T>

java.lang.Object
  com.tzavellas.validation.PropertyValidator<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type (or a parent type) of the property

Direct Known Subclasses:

LinkedValidatorBuilder

public class PropertyValidator<T>
extends Object

A class used to validate a JavaBean property.

Author:

Spiros Tzavellas

Nested Class Summary

static class

PropertyValidator.Builder<T> A builder used to create a PropertyValidator

Field Summary

protected String

property

Constructor Summary

PropertyValidator(String property)
This is for the LinkedValidatorBuilder and subclasses.

PropertyValidator(String property, com.tzavellas.validation.validators.Validator<T> validator, ValidationError errorMessage)
Construct a PropertyValidator

Method Summary

String	getProperty() Get the name of the property this validator will validate.
boolean	isValid(T value) Test if the specified property value is valid
void	setDefaultErrorMessage(String message) Modify the default message of the ValidationError this validator returns.
void	setErrorCode(String errorCode) Modify the error code of the ValidationError this validator returns.
ValidationError	validate(T value) Test if the specified property value is valid

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

property

protected String property

Constructor Detail

PropertyValidator

public PropertyValidator(String property)

This is for the LinkedValidatorBuilder and subclasses. If you want to construct a PropertyValidator use the other constructor or use/subclass LinkedValidatorBuilder.

PropertyValidator

public PropertyValidator(String property,
                         com.tzavellas.validation.validators.Validator<T> validator,
                         ValidationError errorMessage)

Construct a PropertyValidator

Parameters:

property - the name of the property

validator - the validator that will validate the property's value

errorMessage - the error that will be returned if the validation fails

Method Detail

getProperty

public String getProperty()

Get the name of the property this validator will validate.

isValid

public boolean isValid(T value)

Test if the specified property value is valid

Parameters:

value - the value of the property.

Returns:

true if valid else false.

validate

public ValidationError validate(T value)

Test if the specified property value is valid

Parameters:

value - the value of the property.

Returns:

null if valid else a ValdationError.

setErrorCode

public void setErrorCode(String errorCode)

Modify the error code of the ValidationError this validator returns.

Parameters:

errorCode - the new error code

setDefaultErrorMessage

public void setDefaultErrorMessage(String message)

Modify the default message of the ValidationError this validator returns.

Parameters:

message - the new default message