org.yarnandtail.andhow.valid

Class LngValidator

java.lang.Object

org.yarnandtail.andhow.valid.LngValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Validator<Long>

Direct Known Subclasses:

LngValidator.GreaterThan, LngValidator.GreaterThanOrEqualTo, LngValidator.LessThan, LngValidator.LessThanOrEqualTo

public abstract class LngValidator
extends Object
implements Validator<Long>

A collection of Long validation types

Author:

ericeverman

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	LngValidator.GreaterThan Validate that a long is greater than a specified reference.
static class	LngValidator.GreaterThanOrEqualTo Validate that an long is greater than or equal to a specified reference.
static class	LngValidator.LessThan Validate that an long is less than a specified reference.
static class	LngValidator.LessThanOrEqualTo Validate that a long is less than or equal to a specified reference.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
LngValidator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getInvalidSpecificationMessage() If the specification itself is invalid (such as a bad regex string), this will build a message describing the problem to the user.
boolean	isSpecificationValid() Returns true if the validation criteria itself is valid.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.yarnandtail.andhow.api.Validator

getInvalidMessage, getTheValueMustDescription, isValid

Constructor Detail

LngValidator

public LngValidator()

Method Detail

isSpecificationValid

public boolean isSpecificationValid()

Description copied from interface: Validator

Returns true if the validation criteria itself is valid. For things like regex expressions, this would check to see if the regex expression is a valid expression.

Specified by:

isSpecificationValid in interface Validator<Long>

Returns:

getInvalidSpecificationMessage

public String getInvalidSpecificationMessage()

Description copied from interface: Validator

If the specification itself is invalid (such as a bad regex string), this will build a message describing the problem to the user. This method may return a message regardless of if the validation is invalid or not - use isSpecificationValid() to determine if the Validator is configured correctly or not.

Specified by:

getInvalidSpecificationMessage in interface Validator<Long>

Returns:

A message describing an assumed problem with the validation specification.