pl.edu.agh.cast.model.attributes.validation
Class AttributeValidator

java.lang.Object
  pl.edu.agh.cast.model.attributes.validation.AttributeValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

BooleanAttributeValidator, ColorAttributeValidator, DateAttributeValidator, IntegerAttributeValidator, ListAttributeValidator, StringAttributeValidator

public abstract class AttributeValidator
extends Object
implements Serializable

Class responsible for validating type of property. Each validator is associated with ModelElementPropertyType.

Author:

AGH CAST Team

See Also:

pl.edu.agh.cast.model.attributes.ValueType}, Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

AttributeValidator()

Method Summary

protected abstract boolean	checkFormat(String value)
protected abstract Object	convert(String value)
Object	convertFromStringFormat(String value) Converts from string representation of property type to its object representation (e.g.
String	convertToStringFormat(Object value) Returns a string representation of the value.
abstract Class<?>	getTypeClass() Gets class associated with specific property type.
boolean	isValidClass(Object value) Checks if object is valid type for specific property type.
boolean	isValidStringFormat(String value) Checks if string representation can be converted to object type (e.g.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AttributeValidator

public AttributeValidator()

Method Detail

checkFormat

protected abstract boolean checkFormat(String value)

convert

protected abstract Object convert(String value)

isValidStringFormat

public boolean isValidStringFormat(String value)

Checks if string representation can be converted to object type (e.g. String has valid Date format).

Parameters:

value - the value to format

Returns:

true if can be converted

convertFromStringFormat

public Object convertFromStringFormat(String value)

Converts from string representation of property type to its object representation (e.g. String -> Date).

Parameters:

value - the string value to convert from

Returns:

converted object

isValidClass

public boolean isValidClass(Object value)

Checks if object is valid type for specific property type.

Parameters:

value - the value to check

Returns:

true if class is valid

getTypeClass

public abstract Class<?> getTypeClass()

Gets class associated with specific property type.

Returns:

class associated with property type

convertToStringFormat

public String convertToStringFormat(Object value)

Returns a string representation of the value. Should be symmetrical to convertFromStringFormat(String).

Parameters:

value - object to convert

Returns:

string representation of the object