Package ch.tocco.nice2.validate.api.validators

Interface RegexValidator

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Validator, ValueValidator

All Known Implementing Classes:

RegexValidatorImpl

public interface RegexValidator
extends ValueValidator

Validator that acts based on regular expressions.

Examples

RegexValidator v = new RegexValidatorImpl(); v.init("^[+-]?[0-9]+$") RegexValidator v = new RegexValidatorImpl(); v.init("^[a-z]*$", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE)

Notes on defining the regex

COMPATIBILITY: Either the regex must be fully compatible to both Java and JavaScript, or the validator must use the run-on feature. So you may want to use two separate ones for special cases.

BOUNDARIES: Use the start ^ and end $ boundaries if the whole string must match. Technically, the Java side matches the regex as 'whole' while JS as 'contains' if you do not specify the boundaries.

 Examples:
 regex       string     java         js
 "[a-z]*"    "123"      false        true (it contains a-z zero or more times, zero in this case)
 "^[a-z]$*"  "123"      false        false (that's what you want)
 

TEST: Always test your regex.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface ch.tocco.nice2.validate.api.validators.Validator

Validator.MergeMode

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Pattern	getPattern()
void	init(String regex)	See class header.
void	init(String regex, int bitmask)	See class header.
void	init(Pattern pattern)	See class header.

Methods inherited from interface ch.tocco.nice2.validate.api.validators.Validator

canMergeConstraints, clone, doContinueOnFailure, doNegate, getLevel, getName, getRunOn, getType, hasName, mergeConstraints, setContinue, setLevel, setName, setNegate, setRunOn, validate

Method Details

init

void init(String regex)

See class header.

init

void init(String regex,
 int bitmask)

See class header.

init

void init(Pattern pattern)

See class header.

getPattern

Pattern getPattern()