org.boon.validation.validators

Class DomainValidator

java.lang.Object

org.boon.messages.MessageSpecification

org.boon.validation.validators.BaseValidator

org.boon.validation.validators.DomainValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, NameAware, FieldValidator

public class DomainValidator
extends BaseValidator

This validator is designed for domain-driven validation of a group of child objects from a parent. For instance, a parent with a OneToMany relationship with a child may need to validate the child against the other children associated with the parent. In this scenario, the validation framework will invoke this validator when the @DomainValidation annotation is used on a field in the child object by invoking the parent object validation method identified by the "method" attribute. The parent object is identified by the "parentProperty" attribute. If the parent attribute is null or missing, then the validation method is presumed to exist in the child.

The validation method will be passed the child object and the field value as method.invoke(child, fieldValue)

Author:

Paul Tabor

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.boon.validation.validators.BaseValidator

noMessages

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
DomainValidator()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	setRootObject(java.lang.Object rootObject)
ValidatorMessageHolder	validate(java.lang.Object fieldValue, java.lang.String fieldLabel) Validates a single field.

Methods inherited from class org.boon.validation.validators.BaseValidator

isNoMessages, populateMessage, populateMessage, setNoMessages

Methods inherited from class org.boon.messages.MessageSpecification

createDetailMessage, createMessage, createSummaryMessage, getDetailArgs, getDetailMessage, getName, getSubject, getSummaryArgs, getSummaryMessage, init, isNoSummary, setCurrentSubject, setDetailArgs, setDetailMessage, setName, setNoSummary, setParent, setSubject, setSummaryArgs, setSummaryMessage

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.boon.core.NameAware

getName, init, setName

Constructor Detail

DomainValidator

public DomainValidator()

Method Detail

setRootObject

public void setRootObject(java.lang.Object rootObject)

validate

public ValidatorMessageHolder validate(java.lang.Object fieldValue,
                              java.lang.String fieldLabel)

Description copied from interface: FieldValidator

Validates a single field.

Parameters:

fieldValue - object to validate

fieldLabel - field label

Returns:

A messages whose hasError is set to true if there was an error.