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org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype.validationruleimpl
Class RegExpValidationRule

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype.validationruleimpl.AbstractValidationRule
      org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype.validationruleimpl.RegExpValidationRule

All Implemented Interfaces:

ValidationRule

public class RegExpValidationRule
extends AbstractValidationRule

Checks that a String matches a regular expression.

The Jakarta ORO library is used as regexp engine.

Version:

$Id: RegExpValidationRule.html 1304258 2012-03-23 10:09:27Z ilgrosso $

Constructor Summary

RegExpValidationRule()

Method Summary

boolean	supportsType(Class clazz, boolean arrayType) Returns true if this ValidationRule supports validating objects of the same class as the one specified.
ValidationError	validate(Object value, org.outerj.expression.ExpressionContext expressionContext)

Methods inherited from class org.apache.cocoon.woody.datatype.validationruleimpl.AbstractValidationRule

evaluateComparable, evaluateNumeric, getFailMessage, hasFailMessage, setFailMessage

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RegExpValidationRule

public RegExpValidationRule()

Method Detail

validate

public ValidationError validate(Object value,
                                org.outerj.expression.ExpressionContext expressionContext)

Parameters:

value - a value of a class supported by the ValidationRule implementation

expressionContext - many validation rules use the xReporter expression interpreter, the expressionContext allows to resolve variables used in these expressions.

supportsType

public boolean supportsType(Class clazz,
                            boolean arrayType)

Description copied from interface: ValidationRule

Returns true if this ValidationRule supports validating objects of the same class as the one specified. If the flag 'arrayType' is true, this method will return true if this validation rule can validate arrays of these objects (i.e. the object passed to the validate method will then be an array).