org.springmodules.validation.util.condition.string
Class AbstractStringCondition

java.lang.Object
  org.springmodules.validation.util.condition.AbstractCondition
      org.springmodules.validation.util.condition.TypeSpecificCondition
          org.springmodules.validation.util.condition.NonNullAcceptingTypeSpecificCondition
              org.springmodules.validation.util.condition.string.AbstractStringCondition

All Implemented Interfaces:

Condition

Direct Known Subclasses:

ContainsSubstringStringCondition, EqualsIgnoreCaseStringCondition, LengthRangeStringCondition, MaxLengthStringCondition, MinLengthStringCondition, RegExpStringCondition

public abstract class AbstractStringCondition
extends NonNullAcceptingTypeSpecificCondition

An abstract condition that can be applied on objects of type String.

Author:

Uri Boness

Field Summary

protected static java.lang.String

EMPTY_STRING

Constructor Summary

protected

AbstractStringCondition() Constructs a new AbstractStringCondition.

Method Summary

protected abstract boolean	checkString(java.lang.String text) Checks whether the given string adheres to this condition.
boolean	doCheck(java.lang.Object object) See Condition.check(Object)

Methods inherited from class org.springmodules.validation.util.condition.NonNullAcceptingTypeSpecificCondition

beforeObjectChecked

Methods inherited from class org.springmodules.validation.util.condition.AbstractCondition

afterObjectChecked, and, check, or

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

EMPTY_STRING

protected static final java.lang.String EMPTY_STRING

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AbstractStringCondition

protected AbstractStringCondition()

Constructs a new AbstractStringCondition.

Method Detail

doCheck

public final boolean doCheck(java.lang.Object object)

See Condition.check(Object)

Specified by:

doCheck in class AbstractCondition

Parameters:

object - The object to be checked.

Returns:

true if the given object adheres to this condition, false otherwise.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the given object is either null or not of a java.lang.String type.

checkString

protected abstract boolean checkString(java.lang.String text)

Checks whether the given string adheres to this condition.

Parameters:

text - The string to be checked.

Returns:

true if the given string adheres to this condition, false otherwise.