WebLogic Server 6.1 API Reference

weblogicx.jsp.tags.validators
Interface Customizable

All Known Implementing Classes:

CustomizableAdapter

public interface Customizable

extends java.io.Serializable

Interface to be implemented by clients wanting to substitute their own validate methods and thus creating new classes to be used as validatorClass attributes in the CustomValidator.

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Method Summary

void	setErrorMessage(java.lang.String name) error message being shown to the user.
void	setExpression(java.lang.String type) customExpression which may be used by the implementor for use in the validate method
void	setFieldToValidate(java.lang.String control) field being validated
boolean	validate(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request) users may use this method to validate the string value.

Method Detail

setFieldToValidate

public void setFieldToValidate(java.lang.String control)

field being validated

setErrorMessage

public void setErrorMessage(java.lang.String name)

error message being shown to the user.

setExpression

public void setExpression(java.lang.String type)

customExpression which may be used by the implementor for use in the validate method

validate

public boolean validate(javax.servlet.ServletRequest request)
                 throws java.lang.Exception

users may use this method to validate the string value. for eg: the value must contain NYC or it must not contain XYZ or they may even validate it against the custom expression set optionally.

Parameters:

value - : received from the request parameter for this control

Returns:

boolean indicating operation status