org.iscreen.validators
Class RegularExpressionValidator

java.lang.Object
  org.iscreen.BaseValidator
      org.iscreen.validators.RegularExpressionValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Validator

public class RegularExpressionValidator
extends BaseValidator

The RegularExpressionValidator uses a regular expression to check a single String value to ensure that it finds a match.

Author:

Shellman, Dan

Field Summary

protected boolean	allowNull
protected java.util.regex.Pattern	regexExp

Fields inherited from class org.iscreen.BaseValidator

defaultFailure

Constructor Summary

RegularExpressionValidator()
Default constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getRegex()
boolean	isAllowNull()
void	setAllowNull(boolean flag)
void	setRegex(java.lang.String exp)
void	validate(ValidatorContext context, java.lang.Object beanToValidate) This is the method that's called to validate the "bean-to-validate." Use the passed in ValidatorContext to report validation failures, etc.

Methods inherited from class org.iscreen.BaseValidator

constructBeanToValidate, getDefaultFailure, getStringValue, getValue, setDefaultFailure

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

regexExp

protected java.util.regex.Pattern regexExp

allowNull

protected boolean allowNull

Constructor Detail

RegularExpressionValidator

public RegularExpressionValidator()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

validate

public void validate(ValidatorContext context,
                     java.lang.Object beanToValidate)

Description copied from interface: Validator

This is the method that's called to validate the "bean-to-validate." Use the passed in ValidatorContext to report validation failures, etc. The passed-in "bean-to-validate" is the same instance returned from the call to constructBeanToValidate(), but with all of the appropriate properties set (based upon the configured mapping).

Parameters:

context - The ValidatorContext, which is used to report failures.

beanToValidate - The JavaBean to validate.

setRegex

public void setRegex(java.lang.String exp)

getRegex

public java.lang.String getRegex()

setAllowNull

public void setAllowNull(boolean flag)

isAllowNull

public boolean isAllowNull()