net.sourceforge.jbizmo.commons.validation

Class BeanValidator

java.lang.Object

net.sourceforge.jbizmo.commons.validation.BeanValidator

public class BeanValidator
extends Object

This class provides validation services within the constraint framework.

Copyright 2010 (C) by Martin Ganserer

Version:

1.0.0

Author:

Martin Ganserer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BeanValidator(Object validationTarget) Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static List<ConstraintViolation>	checkConstraints(Object value, Set<Annotation> annotations) Check constraints
ConstrainedClass	getConstrainedClass()
void	validate() Validate object
List<ConstraintViolation>	validateProperty(ConstrainedClass constrainedClass, String propertyName, Object value) Checks if the value is valid

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BeanValidator

public BeanValidator(Object validationTarget)

Constructor

Parameters:

validationTarget -

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if validationTarget is null

Method Detail

getConstrainedClass

public ConstrainedClass getConstrainedClass()

Returns:

the ConstrainedClass that provides access to the property constraints for this class.

validate

public void validate()
              throws PropertyConstraintViolationException

Validate object

Throws:

PropertyConstraintViolationException

validateProperty

public List<ConstraintViolation> validateProperty(ConstrainedClass constrainedClass,
                                                  String propertyName,
                                                  Object value)
                                           throws IntrospectionException

Checks if the value is valid

Parameters:

constrainedClass -

propertyName -

value -

Returns:

a list of constraint violations or null if the property is valid

Throws:

IntrospectionException - if there are problems accessing the property

checkConstraints

public static List<ConstraintViolation> checkConstraints(Object value,
                                                         Set<Annotation> annotations)
                                                  throws IntrospectionException

Check constraints

Parameters:

value - the value to be checked

annotations -

Returns:

a collection of constraint violations or null if the property is valid

Throws:

IntrospectionException