org.formproc.validation
Class REValidator

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.formproc.validation.Validator
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        +--org.formproc.validation.REValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Cloneable

public class REValidator

extends Validator

An implementation of the Validator interface which validates FormElements based on a Perl 5 regular expression.

Author:

Anthony Eden

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.formproc.validation.Validator

formManager, messageProvider, properties

Constructor Summary

REValidator()
Construct a new REFormValidator.

REValidator(java.lang.String pattern)
Construct a new REValidator with the given pattern.

Method Summary

void	configureInternal(com.anthonyeden.lib.config.Configuration configuration) Configure the validator using the given JDOM element.
org.apache.oro.text.regex.Pattern	getPattern() Get the Pattern used for matching.
protected java.lang.String	getPatternString() Get the current pattern as a String.
void	setPattern(org.apache.oro.text.regex.Pattern pattern) Set the regular expression pattern.
void	setPattern(java.lang.String pattern) Set the regular expression pattern to the given String.
ValidationResult	validate(FormElement[] formElements, FormData[] formData, java.util.Locale locale) Validate the given FormData array.

Methods inherited from class org.formproc.validation.Validator

clone, configure, getErrorMessage, getErrorMessage, setFormManager, setProperties

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

REValidator

public REValidator()

Construct a new REFormValidator. This constructor will initialize the Perl5Compiler and matcher.

REValidator

public REValidator(java.lang.String pattern)
            throws org.apache.oro.text.regex.MalformedPatternException

Construct a new REValidator with the given pattern.

Parameters:

pattern - The pattern

Throws:

org.apache.oro.text.regex.MalformedPatternException

Method Detail

getPattern

public org.apache.oro.text.regex.Pattern getPattern()

Get the Pattern used for matching.

Returns:

The Pattern

See Also:

Pattern

setPattern

public void setPattern(java.lang.String pattern)
                throws org.apache.oro.text.regex.MalformedPatternException

Set the regular expression pattern to the given String.

Parameters:

pattern - The pattern String

Throws:

org.apache.oro.text.regex.MalformedPatternException

setPattern

public void setPattern(org.apache.oro.text.regex.Pattern pattern)

Set the regular expression pattern.

Parameters:

pattern - The Pattern

configureInternal

public void configureInternal(com.anthonyeden.lib.config.Configuration configuration)
                       throws java.lang.Exception

Configure the validator using the given JDOM element.

Overrides:

configureInternal in class Validator

Parameters:

configuration - The Configuration object

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

validate

public ValidationResult validate(FormElement[] formElements,
                                 FormData[] formData,
                                 java.util.Locale locale)
                          throws java.lang.Exception

Validate the given FormData array.

Specified by:

validate in class Validator

Parameters:

formElements - An array of FormElement objects

formData - An array of FormData objects

locale - The Locale

Returns:

The validation result

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

getPatternString

protected java.lang.String getPatternString()

Get the current pattern as a String. This method may return a null value.

Returns:

The pattern String or null