org.hyperic.util.validator.common
Class CommonValidatorUtil

java.lang.Object
  org.hyperic.util.validator.common.CommonValidatorUtil

public class CommonValidatorUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Contains validation utility methods for different types of fields. Methods "validateRequired" and "validateEmail" were "borrowed" from Jakarta's validation samples.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String	FIELD_TEST_EQUAL
static java.lang.String	FIELD_TEST_NOTNULL
static java.lang.String	FIELD_TEST_NULL
static int	PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH Default password maximum length is 24
static int	PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH Default password minimum length is 3
static int	USERNAME_MAX_LENGTH Default maximum length for a username is 24
static int	USERNAME_MIN_LENGTH Default minimum length for a username is 3
static java.lang.String	USERNAME_VALID_REGEXP Default character set for username is ^[A-Za-z0-9_-]$

Constructor Summary

CommonValidatorUtil()

Method Summary

static boolean	validateEmail(java.lang.Object bean, org.apache.commons.validator.Field field) Checks if the field is an e-mail address.
static boolean	validatePassword(java.lang.Object bean, org.apache.commons.validator.Field field) Validates a password field which restricts the length between PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH and PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH
static boolean	validatePasswordVerification(java.lang.Object bean, org.apache.commons.validator.Field field) Validates a password verification field which requires that the value exactly match the String value of the bean property referenced by property argument 1 (probably "password").
static boolean	validatePrincipal(java.lang.Object bean, org.apache.commons.validator.Field field) Validates the principal (Username) field based on default regular expression.
static boolean	validateRequired(java.lang.Object bean, org.apache.commons.validator.Field field) Checks if the field is required.
static boolean	validateRequiredIf(java.lang.Object bean, org.apache.commons.validator.Field field, org.apache.commons.validator.Validator validator) Conditional validation method.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

USERNAME_MIN_LENGTH

public static final int USERNAME_MIN_LENGTH

Default minimum length for a username is 3

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Constant Field Values

USERNAME_MAX_LENGTH

public static final int USERNAME_MAX_LENGTH

Default maximum length for a username is 24

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USERNAME_VALID_REGEXP

public static final java.lang.String USERNAME_VALID_REGEXP

Default character set for username is ^[A-Za-z0-9_-]$

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Constant Field Values

PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH

public static final int PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH

Default password minimum length is 3

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PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH

public static final int PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH

Default password maximum length is 24

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FIELD_TEST_NULL

public static final java.lang.String FIELD_TEST_NULL

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FIELD_TEST_NOTNULL

public static final java.lang.String FIELD_TEST_NOTNULL

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FIELD_TEST_EQUAL

public static final java.lang.String FIELD_TEST_EQUAL

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Constructor Detail

CommonValidatorUtil

public CommonValidatorUtil()

Method Detail

validateRequired

public static boolean validateRequired(java.lang.Object bean,
                                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field field)

Checks if the field is required.

Parameters:

value - The value validation is being performed on.

Returns:

boolean If the field isn't null and has a length greater than zero, true is returned. Otherwise false.

validateEmail

public static boolean validateEmail(java.lang.Object bean,
                                    org.apache.commons.validator.Field field)

Checks if the field is an e-mail address.

Parameters:

value - The value validation is being performed on.

Returns:

boolean If the field is an e-mail address true is returned. Otherwise false.

validatePrincipal

public static boolean validatePrincipal(java.lang.Object bean,
                                        org.apache.commons.validator.Field field)

Validates the principal (Username) field based on default regular expression.

Parameters:

bean - The bean containing the field to validate.

field - The Field property info from the mapping file.

Returns:

boolean If the field contains valid data true is returned, otherwise false.

validatePassword

public static boolean validatePassword(java.lang.Object bean,
                                       org.apache.commons.validator.Field field)

Validates a password field which restricts the length between PASSWORD_MIN_LENGTH and PASSWORD_MAX_LENGTH

Parameters:

bean - containing the fields to validate.

Field - object containing the property resource info.

validatePasswordVerification

public static boolean validatePasswordVerification(java.lang.Object bean,
                                                   org.apache.commons.validator.Field field)

Validates a password verification field which requires that the value exactly match the String value of the bean property referenced by property argument 1 (probably "password").

Parameters:

bean - containing the fields to validate.

Field - object containing the property resource info.

validateRequiredIf

public static boolean validateRequiredIf(java.lang.Object bean,
                                         org.apache.commons.validator.Field field,
                                         org.apache.commons.validator.Validator validator)

Conditional validation method.

Parameters:

bean - to be tested

bean's - field to be tested.

current - validator

Returns:

true if condition satisfied, false otherwise.