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com.opensymphony.xwork.validator
Class DefaultActionValidatorManager

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.opensymphony.xwork.validator.DefaultActionValidatorManager
All Implemented Interfaces:
ActionValidatorManager
public class DefaultActionValidatorManager
extends Object
implements ActionValidatorManager

This is the entry point into XWork's rule-based validation framework. Validation rules are specified in XML configuration files named "className-contextName-validation.xml" where className is the name of the class the configuration is for and -contextName is optional (contextName is an arbitrary key that is used to look up additional validation rules for a specific context).

Author:
Jason Carreira, Mark Woon, James House, Rainer Hermanns

Field Summary
protected static String VALIDATION_CONFIG_SUFFIX
          The file suffix for any validation file.
 
Constructor Summary
DefaultActionValidatorManager()
           
 
Method Summary
protected static String buildValidatorKey(Class clazz, String context)
          Builds a key for validators - used when caching validators.
 List getValidators(Class clazz, String context)
          Returns a list of validators for the given class and context.
 void validate(Object object, String context)
          Validates the given object using action and its context.
 void validate(Object object, String context, ValidatorContext validatorContext)
          Validates an action give its context and a validation context.
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Field Detail

VALIDATION_CONFIG_SUFFIX

protected static final String VALIDATION_CONFIG_SUFFIX
The file suffix for any validation file.

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Constructor Detail

DefaultActionValidatorManager

public DefaultActionValidatorManager()
Method Detail

getValidators

public List getValidators(Class clazz,
                          String context)
Returns a list of validators for the given class and context. This is the primary lookup method for validators.

Specified by:
getValidators in interface ActionValidatorManager
Parameters:
clazz - the class to lookup.
context - the context of the action class - can be null.
Returns:
a list of all validators for the given class and context.

validate

public void validate(Object object,
                     String context)
              throws ValidationException
Validates the given object using action and its context.

Specified by:
validate in interface ActionValidatorManager
Parameters:
object - the action to validate.
context - the action's context.
Throws:
ValidationException - if an error happens when validating the action.

validate

public void validate(Object object,
                     String context,
                     ValidatorContext validatorContext)
              throws ValidationException
Validates an action give its context and a validation context.

Specified by:
validate in interface ActionValidatorManager
Parameters:
object - the action to validate.
context - the action's context.
validatorContext -
Throws:
ValidationException - if an error happens when validating the action.

buildValidatorKey

protected static String buildValidatorKey(Class clazz,
                                          String context)
Builds a key for validators - used when caching validators.

Parameters:
clazz - the action.
context - the action's context.
Returns:
a validator key which is the class name plus context.
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