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

Interface ConstraintValidator

All Known Implementing Classes:

FutureDateValidator, MaxDecimalValueValidator, MaxFloatValueValidator, MaxIntegerValueValidator, MaxLengthValidator, MinDecimalValueValidator, MinFloatValueValidator, MinIntegerValueValidator, MinLengthValidator, NotEmptyValidator, NotNullValidator, PastDateValidator, RegularExpressionValidator

public interface ConstraintValidator

A validator for annotation based constraints. Validators may validate one or more constraint types.

Copyright 2010 (C) by Martin Ganserer

Version:

1.0.0

Author:

Martin Ganserer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ConstraintViolation	validate(Object value, Annotation constraint) Validates the given value against the supplied constraint.

Method Detail

validate

ConstraintViolation validate(Object value,
                             Annotation constraint)

Validates the given value against the supplied constraint.

Parameters:

value - the value that will be checked

constraint - the constraint that the value will be checked against

Returns:

a ConstraintViolation object if there was a violation of the constraint, or null otherwise.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if constraint is either null or not one of the constraint types supported by this validator