Package eu.woolplatform.utils.validation

Class ObjectValidation

java.lang.Object

eu.woolplatform.utils.validation.ObjectValidation

public class ObjectValidation
extends Object

Validates the value of properties in a JavaBeans-like object. It scans for Validate* annotations at fields in the object, and for each annotation it performs the validation on the property value. The property value is obtained with PropertyReader. The value validation is done with Validation.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ObjectValidation()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	getErrorMessage(Map<String,List<String>> validationResult)	Generates an error message for the specified validation result.
static Map<String,List<String>>	validate(Object obj)	Validates the property values in the specified object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ObjectValidation

public ObjectValidation()

Method Detail

validate

public static Map<String,List<String>> validate(Object obj)

Validates the property values in the specified object. It returns a map with errors. The keys are the property names with one or more errors. A value is a list of one or more error messages.

Parameters:

obj - the object to validate

Returns:

the validation result

getErrorMessage

public static String getErrorMessage(Map<String,List<String>> validationResult)

Generates an error message for the specified validation result. If there is no error, this method returns null. Otherwise it returns a string with each error on a separate line.

Parameters:

validationResult - the validation result

Returns:

the error message