org.yarnandtail.andhow.valid

Class IntValidator

java.lang.Object

org.yarnandtail.andhow.valid.IntValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Validator<Integer>

Direct Known Subclasses:

IntValidator.GreaterThan, IntValidator.GreaterThanOrEqualTo, IntValidator.LessThan, IntValidator.LessThanOrEqualTo

public abstract class IntValidator
extends Object
implements Validator<Integer>

A collection of String validation types

Author:

ericeverman

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

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

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
IntValidator()

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

IntValidator

public IntValidator()

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<Integer>

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<Integer>

Returns:

A message describing an assumed problem with the validation specification.