atg.service.validator

Interface Validator<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type the validator will return.

Created: August 19 2014

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConfigurableValidator<T>, ParentValidator<T>, UpdatingValidator<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

BeanValidator.NoOpBeanValidator, ListUpdatingValidator, MapUpdatingValidator, PropertyGatherer, SwitchingUpdatingValidator, UnorderedCollectionUpdatingValidator, UpdatingValidator.NoOpValidator, UpdatingValidator.NullObjectIfNulledUpdatingValidator, atg.service.validator.UpdatingValidatorWrapperImpl, Validators.AlphaNumericValidator, Validators.BooleanValidator, Validators.CollectionValidator, Validators.DateTimeAfterValidator, Validators.DateTimeToLongValidator, Validators.DateTimeValidator, Validators.DayOfMonthNumberStringValidator, Validators.DoubleValidator, Validators.EmailValidator, Validators.FloatValidator, Validators.IdValidator, Validators.IntegerValidator, Validators.LocaleStringValidator, Validators.LongValidator, Validators.MapValidator, Validators.MonthNumberStringValidator, Validators.NDigitStringValidator, Validators.NonNullValidator, Validators.NullObjectIfNulledValidator, Validators.NullObjectIfNullValidator, Validators.NumberValidator, Validators.NumericValidator, Validators.OptionValidator, Validators.RepositoryItemIdValidator, Validators.RequiredValidator, Validators.RequiredValueValidator, Validators.ShortValidator, Validators.StringTrimmingValidator, Validators.StringValidator, Validators.TimestampValidator, Validators.UrlValidator, Validators.ValidatorImpl, atg.service.validator.ValidatorWrapperImpl

public interface Validator<T>

The Validator interface used to validate and convert input values.

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
T	validateBeanProperty(java.lang.String pPropertyName, java.lang.Object pBean, ValidatorContext<?> pContext) Validate (and possibly convert) the specified property of bean pBean.
T	validateValue(java.lang.String pPropertyName, java.lang.Object pPropertyValue, ValidatorContext<?> pContext) Validate (and possibly convert) the specified property value.

Field Detail

CLASS_VERSION

static final java.lang.String CLASS_VERSION

Class version string

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

validateBeanProperty

T validateBeanProperty(java.lang.String pPropertyName,
                       java.lang.Object pBean,
                       ValidatorContext<?> pContext)

Validate (and possibly convert) the specified property of bean pBean.

Parameters:

pPropertyName - the name of the property being validated.

pBean - the bean whose property should be validated.

pContext - the current validation context

Returns:

the validated (and possibly converted) value. May return null for invalid property data. May return ValidatorConstants.NULL_OBJECT indicating the that target property should be updated to null.

validateValue

T validateValue(java.lang.String pPropertyName,
                java.lang.Object pPropertyValue,
                ValidatorContext<?> pContext)

Validate (and possibly convert) the specified property value.

Parameters:

pPropertyName - the name of the property being validated. This is typically used as a key for fetching the value from pProperties.

pPropertyValue - the fetched property value

pContext - the current validation context.

Returns:

the validated (and possibly converted) value. May return null for invalid property data. May return ValidatorConstants.NULL_OBJECT indicating the that target property should be updated to null.