com.openpojo.validation.utils

Class ValidationHelper

java.lang.Object

com.openpojo.validation.utils.ValidationHelper

public final class ValidationHelper
extends java.lang.Object

This Validation helper utility class will carry the collection of common tasks performed by various validation tasks.

Author:

oshoukry

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ValidationHelper()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.Object	getBasicInstance(PojoClass pojoClass) This helper method is responsible for creating an instance of a PojoClass.
static java.lang.Object	getMostCompleteInstance(PojoClass pojoClass) This helper method is responsible for creating an instance of a PojoClass.
static boolean	isStaticFinal(PojoField fieldEntry) Return true if the PojoField is marked as static and is final.
static void	runValidation(PojoClass pojoClass, java.util.List<Rule> rules, java.util.List<Tester> testers)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValidationHelper

public ValidationHelper()

Method Detail

isStaticFinal

public static boolean isStaticFinal(PojoField fieldEntry)

Return true if the PojoField is marked as static and is final.

Parameters:

fieldEntry - The field to test.

Returns:

True if the field was declared static final, false otherwise.

getBasicInstance

public static java.lang.Object getBasicInstance(PojoClass pojoClass)

This helper method is responsible for creating an instance of a PojoClass. This method will favor the most basic constructor in terms of parameters.
Example: if you have two constructors one with no parameters and one with some parameters This method will invoke the one without parameters.

Parameters:

pojoClass - The class to instantiate.

Returns:

An Instance of the class.

getMostCompleteInstance

public static java.lang.Object getMostCompleteInstance(PojoClass pojoClass)

This helper method is responsible for creating an instance of a PojoClass. This method will favor the most complete constructor in terms of parameters.
Example: if you have two constructors one with no parameters and one with some parameters This method will invoke the one with some parameters.

Parameters:

pojoClass - The class to instantiate.

Returns:

An Instance of the class.

runValidation

public static void runValidation(PojoClass pojoClass,
                                 java.util.List<Rule> rules,
                                 java.util.List<Tester> testers)