net.sourceforge.jbizmo.commons.validation.util.validator

Class ValidatorFactory

java.lang.Object

net.sourceforge.jbizmo.commons.validation.util.validator.ValidatorFactory

public class ValidatorFactory
extends Object

A factory (registry) for validators of annotation based constraints. This is a singleton to provide a single access point to the registered validators. Note this class is thread safe.

Copyright 2010 (C) by Martin Ganserer

Version:

1.0.0

Author:

Martin Ganserer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ValidatorFactory	getInstance()
ConstraintValidator	getValidatorFor(Class<? extends Annotation> constraintType) Returns the validator for the given constraint type or null if there is no registered validator.
void	register(Class<? extends Annotation> constraintType, ConstraintValidator validator) Add validator

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getInstance

public static ValidatorFactory getInstance()

Returns:

the singleton instance

getValidatorFor

public ConstraintValidator getValidatorFor(Class<? extends Annotation> constraintType)

Returns the validator for the given constraint type or null if there is no registered validator.

Parameters:

constraintType -

Returns:

the validator

register

public void register(Class<? extends Annotation> constraintType,
                     ConstraintValidator validator)

Add validator

Parameters:

constraintType -

validator -