org.exolab.castor.xml.validators

Class NameValidator

java.lang.Object

org.exolab.castor.xml.validators.PatternValidator

org.exolab.castor.xml.validators.StringValidator

org.exolab.castor.xml.validators.NameValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

TypeValidator

public class NameValidator
extends StringValidator

The Name Validation class. This class handles validation for XML Name production types such as NCName and NMToken

Version:

$Revision: 5951 $ $Date: 2005-12-13 14:58:48 -0700 (Tue, 13 Dec 2005) $

Author:

Keith Visco

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class org.exolab.castor.xml.validators.PatternValidator

PatternValidator.DefaultRegExpEvaluator

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static short	CDATA
static short	NCNAME
static short	NMTOKEN

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NameValidator() Creates a new NameValidator with the default validation set to NCName
NameValidator(short type) Creates a new NameValidator with the given validation type

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	setRequired(boolean required) Sets whether or not a String is required (non null)
void	validate(java.lang.Object object) Validates the given Object
void	validate(java.lang.Object object, ValidationContext context) Validates the given Object
void	validate(java.lang.String value, ValidationContext context) Validates the given String against the regular expression pattern of this PatternValidator.

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.xml.validators.StringValidator

normalize, setFixed, setFixedValue, setLength, setMaxLength, setMinLength, setWhiteSpace

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.castor.xml.validators.PatternValidator

getPattern, hasPattern, isNillable, setNillable, setPattern

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

NCNAME

public static final short NCNAME

See Also:

Constant Field Values

NMTOKEN

public static final short NMTOKEN

See Also:

Constant Field Values

CDATA

public static final short CDATA

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

NameValidator

public NameValidator()

Creates a new NameValidator with the default validation set to NCName

NameValidator

public NameValidator(short type)

Creates a new NameValidator with the given validation type

Parameters:

type - the validation type for this NameValidator

Method Detail

setRequired

public void setRequired(boolean required)

Sets whether or not a String is required (non null)

Overrides:

setRequired in class StringValidator

Parameters:

required - the flag indicating whether Strings are required

validate

public void validate(java.lang.String value,
                     ValidationContext context)
              throws ValidationException

Description copied from class: PatternValidator

Validates the given String against the regular expression pattern of this PatternValidator.

Overrides:

validate in class StringValidator

Throws:

ValidationException - if the given String is not matched by the regular expression pattern

See Also:

PatternValidator.setPattern(java.lang.String)

validate

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

Validates the given Object

Overrides:

validate in class StringValidator

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 TypeValidator

Overrides:

validate in class StringValidator

Parameters:

object - the Object to validate

context - the ValidationContext

Throws:

ValidationException