no.g9.client.core.validator

Class MandatoryValidator

java.lang.Object

no.g9.client.core.validator.MandatoryValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

FieldValidator

public class MandatoryValidator
extends Object
implements FieldValidator

The mandatory validator is a form validator. This validator is used to test that a field has a value. For Strings, this means that the field must contain at least one non-blank character. For all other types, it must be something other than null. This validator does not specify a validation policy.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
MandatoryValidator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ValidationResult	validate(Object value, ValidateContext context) Validates a candidate value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MandatoryValidator

public MandatoryValidator()

Method Detail

validate

public ValidationResult validate(Object value,
                                 ValidateContext context)

Validates a candidate value. The validation fails if either

• the value is a blank or empty string
• the value is null

All other values are accepted as legal values by this validator.

Specified by:

validate in interface FieldValidator

Parameters:

value - candidate value to validate

context - validate context

Returns:

the result of the validation