org.boon.validation.validators

Class AbstractCompareValidator

java.lang.Object

org.boon.messages.MessageSpecification

org.boon.validation.validators.BaseValidator

org.boon.validation.validators.AbstractCompareValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, NameAware, FieldValidator

Direct Known Subclasses:

EqualsCompareValidator

public abstract class AbstractCompareValidator
extends BaseValidator

AbstractCompareValidator is the base class for all validators that compare two values to perform validation.

Future versions of this class will deal with other values besides simple properties like expressions.

AbstractCompareValidator

Author:

Rick Hightower

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.boon.validation.validators.BaseValidator

noMessages

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AbstractCompareValidator()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected abstract boolean	checkValidity(Object object, Object compareToPropertyValue) Check Validity of the value compared to the property value.
protected String	getCompareToProperty()
protected Object	lookupCompareToPropertyValue() This method looks of the ValidationContext to get the compareToProperty.
void	setCompareToProperty(String compareToProperty)
ValidatorMessageHolder	validate(Object value, String fieldLabel) Validates a single field.

Methods inherited from class org.boon.validation.validators.BaseValidator

isNoMessages, populateMessage, populateMessage, setNoMessages

Methods inherited from class org.boon.messages.MessageSpecification

createDetailMessage, createMessage, createSummaryMessage, getDetailArgs, getDetailMessage, getName, getSubject, getSummaryArgs, getSummaryMessage, init, isNoSummary, setCurrentSubject, setDetailArgs, setDetailMessage, setName, setNoSummary, setParent, setSubject, setSummaryArgs, setSummaryMessage

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.boon.core.NameAware

getName, init, setName

Constructor Detail

AbstractCompareValidator

public AbstractCompareValidator()

Method Detail

validate

public ValidatorMessageHolder validate(Object value,
                              String fieldLabel)

Description copied from interface: FieldValidator

Validates a single field.

Parameters:

value - object to validate

fieldLabel - field label

Returns:

A messages whose hasError is set to true if there was an error.

checkValidity

protected abstract boolean checkValidity(Object object,
                    Object compareToPropertyValue)

Check Validity of the value compared to the property value. This class uses the jstl design pattern. Subclasses are suppose to override this method and this class uses IoC to delegate validity checking to the subclass.

Parameters:

object -

compareToPropertyValue -

Returns:

lookupCompareToPropertyValue

protected Object lookupCompareToPropertyValue()

This method looks of the ValidationContext to get the compareToProperty.

Returns:

setCompareToProperty

public void setCompareToProperty(String compareToProperty)

Parameters:

compareToProperty -

getCompareToProperty

protected String getCompareToProperty()