org.appng.api

Interface ValidationProvider

All Known Subinterfaces:

Request

All Known Implementing Classes:

ApplicationRequest, DefaultValidationProvider

public interface ValidationProvider

Provides some validation-related methods.

Author:

Matthias Müller

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addValidationMetaData(MetaData metaData, ClassLoader classLoader, Class<?>... groups) Based on the JSR-303 annotations of the MetaData's bindclass, this method adds the Validation to the FieldDefinitions.
void	validateBean(Object bean, FieldProcessor fieldProcessor, Class<?>... groups) Validates the given bean by adding error-messages to the FieldDef initions, using FieldProcessor.addErrorMessage(FieldDef, String).
void	validateBean(Object bean, FieldProcessor fieldProcessor, String[] excludeBindings, Class<?>... groups) Validates the given bean by adding error-messages to the FieldDef initions, using FieldProcessor.addErrorMessage(FieldDef, String).
void	validateField(Object bean, FieldProcessor fieldProcessor, String fieldBinding, Class<?>... groups) Validates a single FieldDef by adding error-messages to it, using FieldProcessor.addErrorMessage(FieldDef, String).

Method Detail

validateBean

void validateBean(Object bean,
                  FieldProcessor fieldProcessor,
                  Class<?>... groups)

Validates the given bean by adding error-messages to the FieldDef initions, using FieldProcessor.addErrorMessage(FieldDef, String).

Parameters:

bean - the bean to validate

fieldProcessor - the FieldProcessor containing the MetaData for the bean

groups - the JSR-303 validation groups to use

See Also:

FieldProcessor.addErrorMessage(FieldDef, String)

validateBean

void validateBean(Object bean,
                  FieldProcessor fieldProcessor,
                  String[] excludeBindings,
                  Class<?>... groups)

Validates the given bean by adding error-messages to the FieldDef initions, using FieldProcessor.addErrorMessage(FieldDef, String).

Parameters:

bean - the bean to validate

fieldProcessor - the FieldProcessor containing the MetaData for the bean

excludeBindings - an array of field-bindings to ignore during validation

groups - the JSR-303 validation groups to use

See Also:

FieldProcessor.addErrorMessage(FieldDef, String)

validateField

void validateField(Object bean,
                   FieldProcessor fieldProcessor,
                   String fieldBinding,
                   Class<?>... groups)

Validates a single FieldDef by adding error-messages to it, using FieldProcessor.addErrorMessage(FieldDef, String).

Parameters:

bean - the bean to validate

fieldProcessor - the FieldProcessor containing the MetaData for the bean

fieldBinding - the binding of the FieldDef to validate

groups - the JSR-303 validation groups to use

See Also:

FieldProcessor.addErrorMessage(FieldDef, String)

addValidationMetaData

void addValidationMetaData(MetaData metaData,
                           ClassLoader classLoader,
                           Class<?>... groups)
                    throws ClassNotFoundException

Based on the JSR-303 annotations of the MetaData's bindclass, this method adds the Validation to the FieldDefinitions.

Parameters:

metaData - the MetaData to add the Validations to

classLoader - the ClassLoader to load the MetaDatas bindClass

groups - the JSR-303 validation groups to use

Throws:

ClassNotFoundException - if the bindClass can not be loaded

See Also:

Min, Max, Size, Digits, NotNull, Future, Past, Type, Pattern, FileUpload