com.projectnine.csvmapper
Class CsvFieldValidator

java.lang.Object
  com.projectnine.csvmapper.CsvFieldValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.apache.commons.chain.Command

Direct Known Subclasses:

NoopCsvFieldValidator, NoSpecialCharacterCsvFieldValidator, PostalCodeCsvFieldValidator, RegularExpressionCsvFieldValidator

public abstract class CsvFieldValidator
extends java.lang.Object
implements org.apache.commons.chain.Command

A CsvFieldValidator may be used to validate that the value of a CSV field falls within certain parameters.

Author:

robweber

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.apache.commons.chain.Command

CONTINUE_PROCESSING, PROCESSING_COMPLETE

Constructor Summary

CsvFieldValidator()

Method Summary

protected abstract boolean	doValidate(CsvFieldValidationContext csvFieldValidationContext)
boolean	execute(org.apache.commons.chain.Context context) Child classes should invoke superexecute(Context) in order to access simple progress tracking of the Context through a Chain of CsvFieldValidators.
void	setRequired(boolean required)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CsvFieldValidator

public CsvFieldValidator()

Method Detail

execute

public final boolean execute(org.apache.commons.chain.Context context)
                      throws java.lang.Exception

Child classes should invoke superexecute(Context) in order to access simple progress tracking of the Context through a Chain of CsvFieldValidators. Return false to run the next command in the chain (if there is a next command); return true to stop execution with this command; throw an Exception when validation fails.

Specified by:

execute in interface org.apache.commons.chain.Command

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

doValidate

protected abstract boolean doValidate(CsvFieldValidationContext csvFieldValidationContext)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

setRequired

public void setRequired(boolean required)

Parameters:

required - the required to set