Package name.matthewgreet.strutscommons.policy

Interface Validator<A extends Annotation>

All Superinterfaces:

Policy<A>

All Known Subinterfaces:

CollectionConverter<A,T>, CollectionPostConversionValidator<A,T>, Converter<A,T>, NonConversionValidator<A>, PostConversionValidator<A,T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractCollectionConverterSupport, AbstractCollectionPostConversionValidatorSupport, AbstractConverterSupport, AbstractCustomCollectionConverterSupport, AbstractCustomCollectionFormatterSupport, AbstractCustomCollectionPostConversionValidatorSupport, AbstractCustomConverterSupport, AbstractCustomFormatterSupport, AbstractCustomNonConversionValidatorSupport, AbstractCustomPostConversionValidatorSupport, AbstractNonConversionValidatorSupport, AbstractPostConversionValidatorSupport, AbstractValidatorSupport, BigDecimalConverter, BooleanConverter, ByteConverter, CharacterConverter, DateConverter, DoubleConverter, EnumConverter, FloatConverter, IntegerConverter, IntegerCSVConverter, IntegerRangeValidator, LongConverter, MaxLengthValidator, MinIntegerValidator, RegexValidator, RequiredValidator, ShortConverter, StringCSVConverter

public interface Validator<A extends Annotation>
extends Policy<A>

Base interface for form field converters and validators used by AnnotationValidationInterceptor and AnnotationValidationInterceptor2.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getMessage()	Returns message set by annotation.
String	getMessageKey()	Returns message key set by annotation, which is used to retrieve message from Action's TextProvider if it's not empty string.
Required.MessageType	getMessageType()	Returns whether to write any error message to action errors, field errors, or action messages.

Methods inherited from interface name.matthewgreet.strutscommons.policy.Policy

getAnnotation, setAnnotation

Method Details

getMessageType

Required.MessageType getMessageType()

Returns whether to write any error message to action errors, field errors, or action messages.

getMessage

String getMessage()

Returns message set by annotation. Used if getMessageKey() is empty string or it fails to find a message.

getMessageKey

String getMessageKey()

Returns message key set by annotation, which is used to retrieve message from Action's TextProvider if it's not empty string.