org.apache.tapestry.form.validator

Class BaseValidator

java.lang.Object

org.apache.tapestry.form.validator.BaseValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

FormComponentContributor, Validator

Direct Known Subclasses:

Email, Max, MaxDate, MaxLength, Min, MinDate, MinLength, Pattern, Required

public abstract class BaseValidator
extends java.lang.Object
implements Validator

Abstract implementation of Validator.

Since:

4.0

Author:

Howard Lewis Ship

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BaseValidator()
BaseValidator(java.lang.String initializer)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	getAcceptsNull() Returns false.
java.lang.String	getMessage()
boolean	isRequired() Returns false.
void	renderContribution(IMarkupWriter writer, IRequestCycle cycle, FormComponentContributorContext context, IFormComponent field) Does nothing.
void	setMessage(java.lang.String message)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.tapestry.form.validator.Validator

validate

Constructor Detail

BaseValidator

public BaseValidator()

BaseValidator

public BaseValidator(java.lang.String initializer)

Method Detail

getMessage

public java.lang.String getMessage()

setMessage

public void setMessage(java.lang.String message)

getAcceptsNull

public boolean getAcceptsNull()

Returns false.

Specified by:

getAcceptsNull in interface Validator

renderContribution

public void renderContribution(IMarkupWriter writer,
                      IRequestCycle cycle,
                      FormComponentContributorContext context,
                      IFormComponent field)

Does nothing.

Specified by:

renderContribution in interface FormComponentContributor

Parameters:

writer - allows contributor to write additional attributes into the component's tag

cycle - for accessing request information

context - utilities for genering messages and client-side validation

field - the field for which contributions are being rendered

isRequired

public boolean isRequired()

Returns false. Subclasses may override.

Specified by:

isRequired in interface Validator