org.springmodules.validation.commons
Class AbstractBeanValidator

java.lang.Object
  org.springmodules.validation.commons.AbstractBeanValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Validator

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractPageBeanValidator, ConfigurableBeanValidator, DefaultBeanValidator

public abstract class AbstractBeanValidator
extends Object
implements Validator

Author:

Rob Harrop

Constructor Summary

AbstractBeanValidator()

Method Summary

protected void	cleanupValidator(org.apache.commons.validator.Validator validator) A callback method that is called just after the validate() method is called on the given validator.
protected abstract String	getFormName(Class aClass) Returns the name of the Commons Validator Form used to validate instances of the supplied class.
protected Locale	getLocale() Gets the Locale used to lookup Validator instances.
protected void	initValidator(org.apache.commons.validator.Validator validator) A callback method that is called just before the validate() method is called on the given validator.
void	setValidatorFactory(ValidatorFactory validatorFactory)
boolean	supports(Class clazz) Checks if the validatorFactory is configured to handle this class.
void	validate(Object obj, Errors errors) Validates the supplied object using a org.apache.commons.validator.Validator loaded from the configured ValidatorFactory.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AbstractBeanValidator

public AbstractBeanValidator()

Method Detail

supports

public boolean supports(Class clazz)

Checks if the validatorFactory is configured to handle this class. Will convert the class into a form name, suitable for commons validator.

Specified by:

supports in interface Validator

Returns:

true if the validatorFactory supports the class, or false if not

See Also:

getFormName(Class)

validate

public void validate(Object obj,
                     Errors errors)

Validates the supplied object using a org.apache.commons.validator.Validator loaded from the configured ValidatorFactory.

Specified by:

validate in interface Validator

See Also:

ValidatorFactory

setValidatorFactory

public void setValidatorFactory(ValidatorFactory validatorFactory)

getLocale

protected Locale getLocale()

Gets the Locale used to lookup Validator instances. Default implementation returns the value of Locale.getDefault(). Subclasses can override this to change Locale-handling behavior.

initValidator

protected void initValidator(org.apache.commons.validator.Validator validator)

A callback method that is called just before the validate() method is called on the given validator. This can be used to further configure the validator.

Parameters:

validator -

cleanupValidator

protected void cleanupValidator(org.apache.commons.validator.Validator validator)

A callback method that is called just after the validate() method is called on the given validator. This method can be used to clean up all the extra configuration added in the initValidator(org.apache.commons.validator.Validator) method.

Parameters:

validator -

getFormName

protected abstract String getFormName(Class aClass)

Returns the name of the Commons Validator Form used to validate instances of the supplied class.

Parameters:

aClass -

Returns:

the form name that Commons Validator can use to look up a form