atg.service.validator

Interface Parentable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ParentValidator<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

ListUpdatingValidator, MapUpdatingValidator, SwitchingUpdatingValidator, UnorderedCollectionUpdatingValidator, Validators.CollectionValidator, Validators.MapValidator

public interface Parentable

Represents a Validator that may have sub-validators. Useful for navigating/introspecting validators.

Created: September 17 2014

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	CLASS_VERSION Class version string

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Map<java.lang.Object,Validator<?>>	getChildValidatorMap() Return a map form of the child validators, used for generating a human readable representation of the parent-child relationship.
java.util.Collection<? extends Validator<?>>	getChildValidators() Get any child validators.
java.lang.Object	getDefaultKeyForChildValidatorMap() Return the default key for the childValidatorMap, if any.
void	setChildValidatorMap(java.util.Map<?,Validator<?>> pChildMap) Set the child validator map.

Field Detail

CLASS_VERSION

static final java.lang.String CLASS_VERSION

Class version string

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getChildValidators

java.util.Collection<? extends Validator<?>> getChildValidators()

Get any child validators.

Returns:

the collection of child validators.

getChildValidatorMap

java.util.Map<java.lang.Object,Validator<?>> getChildValidatorMap()

Return a map form of the child validators, used for generating a human readable representation of the parent-child relationship. The keys might be property names (for ParentValidator), "*" for every child property or map element, or "[*]" for a validator that is applied to every elemen of a collection.

setChildValidatorMap

void setChildValidatorMap(java.util.Map<?,Validator<?>> pChildMap)

Set the child validator map. May throw

Parameters:

pChildMap - the child validator map.

Throws:

OperationNotSupportedException - if not supported.

getDefaultKeyForChildValidatorMap

java.lang.Object getDefaultKeyForChildValidatorMap()

Return the default key for the childValidatorMap, if any. The default key is used for validating values without an entry in the validator map.

Returns:

the default key, or null if no default key is supported.