io.validly

Class PreConditionString

java.lang.Object

io.validly.PreCondition<java.lang.String,ValidationEngineString>

io.validly.PreConditionString

public final class PreConditionString
extends PreCondition<java.lang.String,ValidationEngineString>

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class io.validly.PreCondition

validationEngine

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ValidationEngineString	canBeNull() Set the null value to be considered as valid.
ValidationEngineString	mustNotBeBlank(java.lang.String message) Set a blank value to be considered as a validation error.
ValidationEngineString	mustNotBeNull(java.lang.String message) Set the null value to be considered as a validation error.
ValidationEngineString	mustNotBeNullWhen(boolean value, java.lang.String message) Set the null value to be considered as a validation error if the provided boolean is true.
PreConditionString	validateWhen(boolean validate) Ignores the whole validation rule if the given value is false.

Methods inherited from class io.validly.PreCondition

must, when

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

mustNotBeBlank

public ValidationEngineString mustNotBeBlank(java.lang.String message)

Set a blank value to be considered as a validation error.

null = blank "" = blank " " = blank "bob" = not blank " bob " = not blank

Parameters:

message - error message

Returns:

validation engine

mustNotBeNull

public ValidationEngineString mustNotBeNull(java.lang.String message)

Description copied from class: PreCondition

Set the null value to be considered as a validation error.

Overrides:

mustNotBeNull in class PreCondition<java.lang.String,ValidationEngineString>

Parameters:

message - error message.

Returns:

validation engine

mustNotBeNullWhen

public ValidationEngineString mustNotBeNullWhen(boolean value,
                                                java.lang.String message)

Description copied from class: PreCondition

Set the null value to be considered as a validation error if the provided boolean is true.

Overrides:

mustNotBeNullWhen in class PreCondition<java.lang.String,ValidationEngineString>

Parameters:

value - boolean to determine if null value should be invalid

message - error message

Returns:

validation engine

canBeNull

public ValidationEngineString canBeNull()

Description copied from class: PreCondition

Set the null value to be considered as valid. If the value is null the engine will not even evaluate other predicates.

Overrides:

canBeNull in class PreCondition<java.lang.String,ValidationEngineString>

Returns:

validation engine

validateWhen

public PreConditionString validateWhen(boolean validate)

Description copied from class: PreCondition

Ignores the whole validation rule if the given value is false.

Overrides:

validateWhen in class PreCondition<java.lang.String,ValidationEngineString>

Parameters:

validate - false will ignore the validation

Returns:

validation engine