com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.validators
Class RegexFieldValidator

java.lang.Object
  com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.validators.ValidatorSupport
      com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.validators.FieldValidatorSupport
          com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.validators.RegexFieldValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

FieldValidator, ShortCircuitableValidator, Validator

public class RegexFieldValidator
extends FieldValidatorSupport

Validates a string field using a regular expression.

• fieldName - The field name this validator is validating. Required if using Plain-Validator Syntax otherwise not required
• expression - The RegExp expression REQUIRED

 
    <validators>
        <!-- Plain Validator Syntax -->
        <validator type="regex">
            <param name="fieldName">myStrangePostcode</param>
            <param name="expression"><![CDATA[([aAbBcCdD][123][eEfFgG][456])]]<>/param>
        </validator>
    
        <!-- Field Validator Syntax -->
        <field name="myStrangePostcode">
            <field-validator type="regex">
               <param name="expression"><![CDATA[([aAbBcCdD][123][eEfFgG][456])]]></param>
            </field-validator>
        </field>
    </validators>
 
 

Version:

$Date: 2005/12/11 09:31:10 $ $Revision: 1.3 $

Author:

Quake Wang

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.validators.ValidatorSupport

defaultMessage, log, messageKey

Constructor Summary

RegexFieldValidator()

Method Summary

String	getExpression()
void	setExpression(String expression)
void	validate(Object object) The validation implementation must guarantee that setValidatorContext will be called with a non-null ValidatorContext before validate is called.

Methods inherited from class com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.validators.FieldValidatorSupport

getFieldName, getValidatorType, setFieldName, setValidatorType

Methods inherited from class com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.validators.ValidatorSupport

addActionError, addFieldError, getDefaultMessage, getFieldValue, getMessage, getMessageKey, getValidatorContext, isShortCircuit, setDefaultMessage, setMessageKey, setShortCircuit, setValidatorContext

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.Validator

getDefaultMessage, getMessage, getMessageKey, getValidatorContext, setDefaultMessage, setMessageKey, setValidatorContext

Constructor Detail

RegexFieldValidator

public RegexFieldValidator()

Method Detail

validate

public void validate(Object object)
              throws ValidationException

Description copied from interface: Validator

The validation implementation must guarantee that setValidatorContext will be called with a non-null ValidatorContext before validate is called.

Throws:

ValidationException

getExpression

public String getExpression()

setExpression

public void setExpression(String expression)