com.ehsbe.commons.util
Class MultiValidator<E>

java.lang.Object
  java.util.AbstractCollection<E>
      java.util.AbstractList<E>
          java.util.ArrayList<Validator<E>>
              com.ehsbe.commons.util.MultiValidator<E>

Type Parameters:

E - type of input to validate

All Implemented Interfaces:

Validator<E>, Serializable, Cloneable, Iterable<Validator<E>>, Collection<Validator<E>>, List<Validator<E>>, RandomAccess

public class MultiValidator<E>
extends ArrayList<Validator<E>>
implements Validator<E>

A Validator, which consist of several other validators of the same kind to verify a certain input.

The order of the validators is important, since shortcut outcome combination is always done on accept.

Version:

$Revision: 432 $

Author:

Jens Elkner

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.util.AbstractList

modCount

Constructor Summary

MultiValidator()
Create a new Validator AND validator.

MultiValidator(boolean and)
Create a new Validator.

Method Summary

boolean	accept(E input) Check, whether the given input is valid and would be accepted.
void	setValidationType(boolean and) Set the method for the combination of all validator outcomes.

Methods inherited from class java.util.ArrayList

add, add, addAll, addAll, clear, clone, contains, ensureCapacity, get, indexOf, isEmpty, lastIndexOf, remove, remove, removeRange, set, size, toArray, toArray, trimToSize

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractList

equals, hashCode, iterator, listIterator, listIterator, subList

Methods inherited from class java.util.AbstractCollection

containsAll, removeAll, retainAll, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface java.util.List

containsAll, equals, hashCode, iterator, listIterator, listIterator, removeAll, retainAll, subList

Constructor Detail

MultiValidator

public MultiValidator()

Create a new Validator AND validator.

MultiValidator

public MultiValidator(boolean and)

Create a new Validator.

Parameters:

and - If true combine the outcome of the validators with AND. Otherwise combine it with OR.

Method Detail

accept

public boolean accept(E input)

Check, whether the given input is valid and would be accepted.

Specified by:

accept in interface Validator<E>

Parameters:

input - the value to check. Might be null.

Returns:

true if the input should is accepted.

setValidationType

public void setValidationType(boolean and)

Set the method for the combination of all validator outcomes.

Parameters:

and - if true, combine the outcome of the validators with AND, otherwise combine them with OR.