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weblogicx.jsp.tags.validators
Interface Validatable

All Known Implementing Classes:: CustomValidator, ValidatableAdapter, ValidatableTagAdapter

public interface Validatable

All validators directly or indirectly should implement the following interface and it is used by Summary to call methods on them.

Field Summary
`static String`	`ENCODED_SEPERATOR` string denoting the hidden field's encoded seperator
`static String`	`SEPERATOR` string denoting the "read" seperator for reading the parameter from the request and translating it back into a Validatable object

Method Summary
`Validatable`	`decodeHiddenField(String stringToDecode)` given the String of writtenHiddenField(), this method must know how to reconstruct an object from the string.
`String`	`getErrorMessage()`
`String`	`getFieldToValidate()`
`boolean`	`isValid()` returns whether the validation was successful
`void`	`setIsValid(boolean b)` set whether the particular validator was successful or not
`boolean`	`validate(ServletRequest req)` validate method where all the logic for validation lies.
`String`	`writeHiddenField()` write a hidden input type e.g.

Field Detail

ENCODED_SEPERATOR

static final String ENCODED_SEPERATOR

string denoting the hidden field's encoded seperator

See Also:: Constant Field Values

SEPERATOR

static final String SEPERATOR

string denoting the "read" seperator for reading the parameter from the request and translating it back into a Validatable object

See Also:: Constant Field Values

Method Detail

setIsValid

void setIsValid(boolean b)

set whether the particular validator was successful or not

isValid

boolean isValid()

returns whether the validation was successful

validate

boolean validate(ServletRequest req)
                 throws Exception

validate method where all the logic for validation lies.

Throws:: Exception

getFieldToValidate

String getFieldToValidate()

Returns:: fieldToValidate

getErrorMessage

String getErrorMessage()

Returns:: errorMessage

writeHiddenField

String writeHiddenField()

write a hidden input type e.g. className=classImplementingValidatable+ENCODED_SEPERATOR+ fieldToValidate=somefield+ENCODED_SEPERATOR+expression=someexpr +ENCODED_SEPERATOR+errorMessage

decodeHiddenField

Validatable decodeHiddenField(String stringToDecode)
                              throws Exception

given the String of writtenHiddenField(), this method must know how to reconstruct an object from the string.

Parameters:: stringToDecode - the string to decode
Throws:: Exception