org.apache.commons.validator

Class EmailValidator

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.validator.EmailValidator

Deprecated.

Use the new EmailValidator in the routines package. This class will be removed in a future release.

@Deprecated
public class EmailValidator
extends Object

Perform email validations.

This class is a Singleton; you can retrieve the instance via the getInstance() method.

Based on a script by Sandeep V. Tamhankar http://javascript.internet.com

This implementation is not guaranteed to catch all possible errors in an email address. For example, an address like [email protected] will pass validator, even though there is no TLD "somedog"

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Since:

Validator 1.1

Version:

$Revision$

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor and Description
protected	EmailValidator() Deprecated. Protected constructor for subclasses to use.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static EmailValidator	getInstance() Deprecated. Returns the Singleton instance of this validator.
boolean	isValid(String email) Deprecated. Checks if a field has a valid e-mail address.
protected boolean	isValidDomain(String domain) Deprecated. Returns true if the domain component of an email address is valid.
protected boolean	isValidIpAddress(String ipAddress) Deprecated. Validates an IP address.
protected boolean	isValidSymbolicDomain(String domain) Deprecated. Validates a symbolic domain name.
protected boolean	isValidUser(String user) Deprecated. Returns true if the user component of an email address is valid.
protected String	stripComments(String emailStr) Deprecated. Recursively remove comments, and replace with a single space.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EmailValidator

protected EmailValidator()

Deprecated.

Protected constructor for subclasses to use.

Method Detail

getInstance

public static EmailValidator getInstance()

Deprecated.

Returns the Singleton instance of this validator.

Returns:

singleton instance of this validator.

isValid

public boolean isValid(String email)

Deprecated.

Checks if a field has a valid e-mail address.

Parameters:

email - The value validation is being performed on. A null value is considered invalid.

Returns:

true if the email address is valid.

isValidDomain

protected boolean isValidDomain(String domain)

Deprecated.

Returns true if the domain component of an email address is valid.

Parameters:

domain - being validated.

Returns:

true if the email address's domain is valid.

isValidUser

protected boolean isValidUser(String user)

Deprecated.

Returns true if the user component of an email address is valid.

Parameters:

user - being validated

Returns:

true if the user name is valid.

isValidIpAddress

protected boolean isValidIpAddress(String ipAddress)

Deprecated.

Validates an IP address. Returns true if valid.

Parameters:

ipAddress - IP address

Returns:

true if the ip address is valid.

isValidSymbolicDomain

protected boolean isValidSymbolicDomain(String domain)

Deprecated.

Validates a symbolic domain name. Returns true if it's valid.

Parameters:

domain - symbolic domain name

Returns:

true if the symbolic domain name is valid.

stripComments

protected String stripComments(String emailStr)

Deprecated.

Recursively remove comments, and replace with a single space. The simpler regexps in the Email Addressing FAQ are imperfect - they will miss escaped chars in atoms, for example. Derived From Mail::RFC822::Address

Parameters:

emailStr - The email address

Returns:

address with comments removed.