Package name.matthewgreet.strutscommons.policy

Interface PostConversionValidator<A extends Annotation,T>

All Superinterfaces:
Policy<A>
All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractCustomPostConversionValidatorSupport, AbstractPostConversionValidatorSupport, IntegerRangeValidator, MinIntegerValidator
public interface PostConversionValidator<A extends Annotation,T> extends Policy<A>
Interface for form field validators used by AnnotationValidationInterceptor and AnnotationValidationInterceptor2 that check a converted value.

  • 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.
    boolean
    getProcessNoValue()
    Returns whether validator should not be skipped if conversion failed or was skipped.
    Class<T>
    getRecipientClass()
    Returns type of recipient fields that can receive converted form value.
    boolean
    getShortCircuit()
    Returns whether rejection by this validator should stop further validation.
    ValidationResult
    validate(T formValue)
    Returns result of checking converted form field value and message to use if failed.

    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.

    • getRecipientClass

      Class<T> getRecipientClass()
      Returns type of recipient fields that can receive converted form value.

    • getShortCircuit

      boolean getShortCircuit()
      Returns whether rejection by this validator should stop further validation.

    • getProcessNoValue

      boolean getProcessNoValue()
      Returns whether validator should not be skipped if conversion failed or was skipped.

    • validate

      ValidationResult validate(T formValue) throws Exception
      Returns result of checking converted form field value and message to use if failed. This is not called if the form value is empty string or null or the conversion failed.
      Throws:
      Exception