zen.validation

Class Validator

java.lang.Object

zen.validation.Validator

All Implemented Interfaces:

ILogging

public final class Validator
extends Object
implements ILogging

This is the static single point of entry to the validation layer. This is the class the handles processing and sends back the messages.

Author:

DCano

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface zen.logging.interfaces.ILogging

LOG

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected static void	processDefinitions(Object object, ValidationMapping mapping, List<ValidationDefinition> definitions, List<Message> messages, ValidationDefinition parentDefinition) Processes all validations for s specific mapping and validation set.
static List<Message>	validate(String application, Object object) This method takes the application name as a string argument, and the Object that the validations will be running against.
static List<Message>	validate(String application, String optkey, String validationSet, Object object) This method takes the application name, optional key, optional validation set, the Object that the validations will be running against.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

validate

public static List<Message> validate(String application,
                     Object object)

This method takes the application name as a string argument, and the Object that the validations will be running against. The method assumes that no optional key was assigned and that only the default validation set will be used. This method passes back a collection of messages the validations may have generated.

Parameters:

String - application - the application name

Object - object - the object to validate

Returns:

List of framework Message objects

validate

public static List<Message> validate(String application,
                     String optkey,
                     String validationSet,
                     Object object)

This method takes the application name, optional key, optional validation set, the Object that the validations will be running against. The method assumes that no optional key was assigned and that only the default validation set will be used. This method passes back a collection of messages the validations may have generated.
This method exits with warnings if the validation or object mappings cannot be found for the specified application, optkey/object or validationSet.

Parameters:

String - application - the application name

String - optkey - optional mapping key (use null or empty String to ignore)

String - validationSet - optional set (use null or empty String to use the default set)

Object - object - the object to validate

Returns:

List of framework Message objects

processDefinitions

protected static void processDefinitions(Object object,
                      ValidationMapping mapping,
                      List<ValidationDefinition> definitions,
                      List<Message> messages,
                      ValidationDefinition parentDefinition)

Processes all validations for s specific mapping and validation set.

Parameters:

object -

mapping -

definitions -

messages -

parentPropertyName -