org.formaria.validation
Class NameValidator

java.lang.Object
  org.formaria.aria.validation.AbstractValidator
      org.formaria.validation.NameValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Validator

public class NameValidator
extends AbstractValidator

Validates names, by ensuring they are properly formed, of adequate length and containing a valid set of characters

Copyright (c) Formaria Ltd., 2008, This software is licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL), please see license.txt for more details. If you make commercial use of this software you must purchase a commercial license from formaria.

$Revision: 1.8 $

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.formaria.aria.validation.AbstractValidator

container, currentProject, errorLevel, formattedMessage, mandatory, mask, message, showErrorBadges, start, translator, USE_FAIL_STYLE, USE_NORMAL_STYLE, USE_WARN_STYLE, validationMethod, validationName, value

Fields inherited from interface org.formaria.aria.validation.Validator

IGNORE_BLANKS, LEVEL_ERROR, LEVEL_IGNORE, LEVEL_WARNING, MANDATORY, STRICT_CHECK, WEAK_CHECK

Constructor Summary

NameValidator(Project project)
Validates a name

Method Summary

void	setup(XmlElement ruleConfig, XmlElement instanceConfig) Set the validation parameters
void	validate(java.lang.Object comp, boolean forceMandatory) Validates that a name has been entered.

Methods inherited from class org.formaria.aria.validation.AbstractValidator

applyErrorStyle, getLevel, getMask, getMessage, getName, getText, getValueAsString, invokeMethod, replaceToken, replaceTokens, setMask, setName, setValidationColors, setValidationMethod, throwException

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NameValidator

public NameValidator(Project project)

Validates a name

Parameters:

isFirstName - true if this is a first name validator

msg - The message to be displayed if validation fails

Method Detail

setup

public void setup(XmlElement ruleConfig,
                  XmlElement instanceConfig)

Set the validation parameters

Specified by:

setup in interface Validator

Overrides:

setup in class AbstractValidator

Parameters:

ruleConfig - the validator parameters as declared in the validations rules file

instanceConfig - the validator instance parameters as declared in the page file

validate

public void validate(java.lang.Object comp,
                     boolean forceMandatory)
              throws java.lang.Exception

Validates that a name has been entered. For first names initials are accepted for part of the name while for a second name words of at least two letters are required.

Parameters:

comp - The component triggering the validation

forceMandatory - Set to true if page level validations are taking place or false for inline

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - Contains the details of the message