org.hyperic.hq.ui.validator
Class BaseValidator

java.lang.Object
  org.hyperic.hq.ui.validator.BaseValidator

Direct Known Subclasses:

IdenticalValidator

public abstract class BaseValidator
extends java.lang.Object

This declares a common interface for validators. It is an abstract class in case we need to put common methods here.

Constructor Summary

BaseValidator()
Creates a new instance of BaseValidator

Method Summary

abstract boolean

validate(java.lang.Object bean, org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction va, org.apache.commons.validator.Field field, org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages errors, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request) This method should be overridden to perform whatever validation locgic is necessary.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BaseValidator

public BaseValidator()

Creates a new instance of BaseValidator

Method Detail

validate

public abstract boolean validate(java.lang.Object bean,
                                 org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction va,
                                 org.apache.commons.validator.Field field,
                                 org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages errors,
                                 javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest request)

This method should be overridden to perform whatever validation locgic is necessary.

Parameters:

bean -

va -

field -

errors - Any errors should be stored in the ActionErrors collection.

request - The current http request that is being processed.

Returns:

Returns true if the form is valid according to the logic in this method, false if not.