Package ch.tocco.nice2.persist.core.api.validation

Interface FieldValidator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFieldValidator, NotNullFieldValidatorImpl, TodoDateFieldPathValidator, UniqueFieldValidatorImpl, XssProtectionFieldValidator

public interface FieldValidator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	addMyself(EntityModel entityModel, FieldModel fieldModel)	Implement this method to return true if the Validator should add itself to the FieldModel at hand.
String	getName()
void	validate(List<Entity> entities, FieldModel fieldModel, Map<Entity,FieldValidationResult> fieldValidationResults, ValidationContext validationContext)	Validate the field at hand.

Method Details

validate

void validate(List<Entity> entities,
 FieldModel fieldModel,
 Map<Entity,FieldValidationResult> fieldValidationResults,
 ValidationContext validationContext)

Validate the field at hand.

Parameters:

entities - the entities to be validated

fieldModel - the fieldModel to be validated

fieldValidationResults - the FieldValdationResult to write the result of the validation to. FieldValidationResult for more details on how to construct the FieldValidationResult.

addMyself

boolean addMyself(EntityModel entityModel,
 FieldModel fieldModel)

Implement this method to return true if the Validator should add itself to the FieldModel at hand. This method can be useful, if a validator is being used for all field types meeting a certain requirement (e.g. a specific type). The method is called for each field model at application startup when building the entity model.

Parameters:

entityModel - the EntityModel

fieldModel - the FieldModel

Returns:

true to add the Validator to the EntityModel at hand

getName

String getName()