net.xoetrope.xui.validation
Class XMandatoryValidator

java.lang.Object
  net.xoetrope.xui.validation.XBaseValidator
      net.xoetrope.xui.validation.XMandatoryValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

XValidator

public class XMandatoryValidator
extends XBaseValidator

Implements a validator that must succeed for event handling to continue

Copyright: Copyright (c) Xoetrope Ltd., 1998-2003
License: see license.txt

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class net.xoetrope.xui.validation.XBaseValidator

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

Fields inherited from interface net.xoetrope.xui.validation.XValidator

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

Constructor Summary

XMandatoryValidator(XProject project)
Applied to components when input is simply mandatory

Method Summary

void	setup(XmlElement element) Set the validation parameters
void	validate(java.lang.Object c, boolean forceMandatory) Carries out the mandatory validation on the component.

Methods inherited from class net.xoetrope.xui.validation.XBaseValidator

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

XMandatoryValidator

public XMandatoryValidator(XProject project)

Applied to components when input is simply mandatory

Parameters:

project - the owner project

Method Detail

setup

public void setup(XmlElement element)

Set the validation parameters

Specified by:

setup in interface XValidator

Overrides:

setup in class XBaseValidator

Parameters:

element - the validator parameters

validate

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

Carries out the mandatory validation on the component. If the Method validationMethod is not null we have to invoke it in order to get it's return value. If a problem is found we format the message using the messageHelper.

Parameters:

forceMandatory - true when inline validations are carried out

c - The component triggering the validation

Throws:

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