com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.validators

Class VisitorFieldValidator

java.lang.Object

com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.validators.ValidatorSupport

com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.validators.FieldValidatorSupport

com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.validators.VisitorFieldValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

FieldValidator, ShortCircuitableValidator, Validator

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConditionalVisitorFieldValidator

public class VisitorFieldValidator
extends FieldValidatorSupport

The VisitorFieldValidator allows you to forward validation to object properties of your action using the object's own validation files. This allows you to use the ModelDriven development pattern and manage your validations for your models in one place, where they belong, next to your model classes. The VisitorFieldValidator can handle either simple Object properties, Collections of Objects, or Arrays.

• fieldName - field name if plain-validator syntax is used, not needed if field-validator syntax is used
• context - the context of which validation should take place. Optional
• appendPrefix - the prefix to be added to field. Optional

 
    <validators>
        <!-- Plain Validator Syntax -->
        <validator type="visitor">
            <param name="fieldName">user</param>
            <param name="context">myContext</param>
            <param name="appendPrefix">true</param>
        </validator>

        <!-- Field Validator Syntax -->
        <field name="user">
           <field-validator type="visitor">
              <param name="context">myContext</param>
              <param name="appendPrefix">true</param>
           </field-validator>
        </field>
    </validators>
 
 

In the example above, if the acion's getUser() method return User object, XWork will look for User-myContext-validation.xml for the validators. Since appednPrefix is true, every field name will be prefixed with 'user' such that if the actual field name for 'name' is 'user.name'

Version:

$Date$ $Id$

Author:

Jason Carreira, Rainer Hermanns

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	VisitorFieldValidator.AppendingValidatorContext

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.validators.ValidatorSupport

defaultMessage, log, messageKey, stack

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
VisitorFieldValidator()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getContext()
boolean	isAppendPrefix() Flags whether the field name of this field validator should be prepended to the field name of the visited field to determine the full field name when an error occurs.
void	setActionValidatorManager(ActionValidatorManager mgr)
void	setAppendPrefix(boolean appendPrefix) Sets whether the field name of this field validator should be prepended to the field name of the visited field to determine the full field name when an error occurs.
void	setContext(String context)
void	validate(Object object) The validation implementation must guarantee that setValidatorContext will be called with a non-null ValidatorContext before validate is called.

Methods inherited from class com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.validators.FieldValidatorSupport

getFieldName, getValidatorType, setFieldName, setValidatorType

Methods inherited from class com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.validators.ValidatorSupport

addActionError, addFieldError, getDefaultMessage, getFieldValue, getMessage, getMessageKey, getMessageParameters, getValidatorContext, isShortCircuit, parse, setDefaultMessage, setMessageKey, setMessageParameters, setShortCircuit, setValidatorContext, setValueStack

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator.Validator

getDefaultMessage, getMessage, getMessageKey, getMessageParameters, getValidatorContext, setDefaultMessage, setMessageKey, setMessageParameters, setValidatorContext, setValueStack

Constructor Detail

VisitorFieldValidator

public VisitorFieldValidator()

Method Detail

setActionValidatorManager

public void setActionValidatorManager(ActionValidatorManager mgr)

setAppendPrefix

public void setAppendPrefix(boolean appendPrefix)

Sets whether the field name of this field validator should be prepended to the field name of the visited field to determine the full field name when an error occurs. The default is true.

isAppendPrefix

public boolean isAppendPrefix()

Flags whether the field name of this field validator should be prepended to the field name of the visited field to determine the full field name when an error occurs. The default is true.

setContext

public void setContext(String context)

getContext

public String getContext()

validate

public void validate(Object object)
              throws ValidationException

Description copied from interface: Validator

The validation implementation must guarantee that setValidatorContext will be called with a non-null ValidatorContext before validate is called.

Parameters:

object - the object to be validated.

Throws:

ValidationException - is thrown if there is validation error(s).