com.opensymphony.xwork.validator
Class ValidatorFileParser

java.lang.Object
  com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.ValidatorFileParser

public class ValidatorFileParser

extends Object

Parse the validation file. (eg. MyAction-validation.xml, MyAction-actionAlias-validation.xml) to return a List of ValidatorConfig encapsulating the validator information.

Author:

Jason Carreira, James House, tm_jee ( tm_jee (at) yahoo.co.uk ), Rob Harrop, Rene Gielen

See Also:

ValidatorConfig

Constructor Summary

ValidatorFileParser()

Method Summary

static String	getTextValue(Element valueEle) Extract trimmed text value from the given DOM element, ignoring XML comments.
static List	parseActionValidatorConfigs(InputStream is, String resourceName) Parse resource for a list of ValidatorConfig objects.
static void	parseValidatorDefinitions(InputStream is) Deprecated. Use parseValidatorDefinitions(InputStream, String)
static void	parseValidatorDefinitions(InputStream is, String resourceName) Parses validator definitions

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValidatorFileParser

public ValidatorFileParser()

Method Detail

parseActionValidatorConfigs

public static List parseActionValidatorConfigs(InputStream is,
                                               String resourceName)

Parse resource for a list of ValidatorConfig objects.

Parameters:

is - input stream to the resource

resourceName - file name of the resource

Returns:

List list of ValidatorConfig

parseValidatorDefinitions

public static void parseValidatorDefinitions(InputStream is)

Deprecated. Use parseValidatorDefinitions(InputStream, String)

Parses validator definitions

Parameters:

is - The input stream

parseValidatorDefinitions

public static void parseValidatorDefinitions(InputStream is,
                                             String resourceName)

Parses validator definitions

Parameters:

is - The input stream

resourceName - The location of the input stream

Since:

1.2

getTextValue

public static String getTextValue(Element valueEle)

Extract trimmed text value from the given DOM element, ignoring XML comments. Appends all CharacterData nodes and EntityReference nodes into a single String value, excluding Comment nodes. This method is based on a method originally found in DomUtils class of Springframework.

See Also:

CharacterData, EntityReference, Comment