Package 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	Description
BeanValidator(Object validationTarget)	Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static List<ConstraintViolation>	checkConstraints(Object value, Set<Annotation> annotations)	Check the constraints
ConstrainedClass	getConstrainedClass()
void	validate()	Validate the 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 Details

BeanValidator

public BeanValidator(Object validationTarget)

Constructor

Parameters:

validationTarget -

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the validationTarget is null

Method Details

getConstrainedClass

public ConstrainedClass getConstrainedClass()

Returns:

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

validate

public void validate()

Validate the object

Throws:

PropertyConstraintViolationException - if the validation of a property value has failed

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

Throws:

IntrospectionException - if there are problems accessing the property

checkConstraints

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

Check the constraints

Parameters:

value - the value to be checked

annotations -

Returns:

a list of constraint violations