org.exolab.castor.xml

Class Validator

java.lang.Object

org.exolab.castor.xml.Validator

All Implemented Interfaces:

ClassValidator, TypeValidator

Direct Known Subclasses:

FieldValidator, XMLClassDescriptorImpl

public class Validator
extends java.lang.Object
implements ClassValidator

A class which can perform Validation on an Object model. This class uses the ClassDescriptors and FieldDescriptors to perform the validation.

Version:

$Revision: 6026 $ $Date: 2005-02-28 17:43:25 -0700 (Mon, 28 Feb 2005) $

Author:

Keith Visco

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Validator() Creates a new Validator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	validate(java.lang.Object object) Validates the given Object
void	validate(java.lang.Object object, ValidationContext context) Validates the given Object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Validator

public Validator()

Creates a new Validator

Method Detail

validate

public void validate(java.lang.Object object)
              throws ValidationException

Validates the given Object

Parameters:

object - the Object to validate

Throws:

ValidationException

validate

public void validate(java.lang.Object object,
                     ValidationContext context)
              throws ValidationException

Validates the given Object

Specified by:

validate in interface ClassValidator

Specified by:

validate in interface TypeValidator

Parameters:

object - the Object to validate

context - the ValidationContext to use during validation.

Throws:

ValidationException - when the class is not valid.