com.opensymphony.xwork.validator
Class AnnotationActionValidatorManager

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.ActionValidatorManager

public class AnnotationActionValidatorManager
extends Object
implements com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.ActionValidatorManager

AnnotationActionValidatorManager

This is the entry point into XWork's annotations-based validator framework. Validation rules are specified as annotations within the source files.

Version:

$Id: AnnotationActionValidatorManager.java 908 2006-03-18 13:40:08 +0100 (Sat, 18 Mar 2006) rainerh $

Author:

Rainer Hermanns, jepjep

Field Summary

protected static String

VALIDATION_CONFIG_SUFFIX The file suffix for any validation file.

Constructor Summary

AnnotationActionValidatorManager()

Method Summary

protected List<com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.ValidatorConfig>	buildClassValidatorConfigs(Class aClass, boolean checkFile)
protected static String	buildValidatorKey(Class clazz, String context) Builds a key for validators - used when caching validators.
List<com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.Validator>	getValidators(Class clazz, String context) Returns a list of validators for the given class and context.
void	validate(Object object, String context) Validates the given object using action and its context.
void	validate(Object object, String context, com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.ValidatorContext validatorContext) Validates an action give its context and a validation context.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

VALIDATION_CONFIG_SUFFIX

protected static final String VALIDATION_CONFIG_SUFFIX

The file suffix for any validation file.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AnnotationActionValidatorManager

public AnnotationActionValidatorManager()

Method Detail

getValidators

public List<com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.Validator> getValidators(Class clazz,
                                                                      String context)

Returns a list of validators for the given class and context. This is the primary lookup method for validators.

Specified by:

getValidators in interface com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.ActionValidatorManager

Parameters:

clazz - the class to lookup.

context - the context of the action class - can be null.

Returns:

a list of all validators for the given class and context.

validate

public void validate(Object object,
                     String context)
              throws com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.ValidationException

Validates the given object using action and its context.

Specified by:

validate in interface com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.ActionValidatorManager

Parameters:

object - the action to validate.

context - the action's context.

Throws:

ValidationException - if an error happens when validating the action.

validate

public void validate(Object object,
                     String context,
                     com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.ValidatorContext validatorContext)
              throws com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.ValidationException

Validates an action give its context and a validation context.

Specified by:

validate in interface com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.ActionValidatorManager

Parameters:

object - the action to validate.

context - the action's context.

validatorContext -

Throws:

ValidationException - if an error happens when validating the action.

buildValidatorKey

protected static String buildValidatorKey(Class clazz,
                                          String context)

Builds a key for validators - used when caching validators.

Parameters:

clazz - the action.

context - the action's context.

Returns:

a validator key which is the class name plus context.

buildClassValidatorConfigs

protected List<com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.ValidatorConfig> buildClassValidatorConfigs(Class aClass,
                                                                                            boolean checkFile)