org.apache.commons.validator

Class GenericTypeValidator

Implemented Interfaces:
java.io.Serializable

public class GenericTypeValidator
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

This class contains basic methods for performing validations that return the correctly typed class based on the validation performed.

See Also:
Serialized Form

Field Summary

private static Log
log

Method Summary

static java.lang.Byte
formatByte(java.lang.String value)
Checks if the value can safely be converted to a byte primitive.
static java.lang.Long
formatCreditCard(java.lang.String value)
Checks if the field is a valid credit card number.
static java.util.Date
formatDate(java.lang.String value, java.lang.String datePattern, boolean strict)
Checks if the field is a valid date.
static java.util.Date
formatDate(java.lang.String value, java.util.Locale locale)
Checks if the field is a valid date.
static java.lang.Double
formatDouble(java.lang.String value)
Checks if the value can safely be converted to a double primitive.
static java.lang.Float
formatFloat(java.lang.String value)
Checks if the value can safely be converted to a float primitive.
static java.lang.Integer
formatInt(java.lang.String value)
Checks if the value can safely be converted to a int primitive.
static java.lang.Long
formatLong(java.lang.String value)
Checks if the value can safely be converted to a long primitive.
static java.lang.Short
formatShort(java.lang.String value)
Checks if the value can safely be converted to a short primitive.

Field Details

log

private static Log log

Method Details

formatByte

public static java.lang.Byte formatByte(java.lang.String value)
Checks if the value can safely be converted to a byte primitive.

Parameters:
value - The value validation is being performed on.


formatCreditCard

public static java.lang.Long formatCreditCard(java.lang.String value)

Parameters:
value - The value validation is being performed on.


formatDate

public static java.util.Date formatDate(java.lang.String value,
                                        java.lang.String datePattern,
                                        boolean strict)
Checks if the field is a valid date. The pattern is used with java.text.SimpleDateFormat. If strict is true, then the length will be checked so '2/12/1999' will not pass validation with the format 'MM/dd/yyyy' because the month isn't two digits. The setLenient method is set to false for all.

Parameters:
value - The value validation is being performed on.
datePattern - The pattern passed to SimpleDateFormat.
strict - Whether or not to have an exact match of the datePattern.


formatDate

public static java.util.Date formatDate(java.lang.String value,
                                        java.util.Locale locale)
Checks if the field is a valid date. The Locale is used with java.text.DateFormat. The setLenient method is set to false for all.

Parameters:
value - The value validation is being performed on.
locale - The Locale to use to parse the date (system default if null)


formatDouble

public static java.lang.Double formatDouble(java.lang.String value)
Checks if the value can safely be converted to a double primitive.

Parameters:
value - The value validation is being performed on.


formatFloat

public static java.lang.Float formatFloat(java.lang.String value)
Checks if the value can safely be converted to a float primitive.

Parameters:
value - The value validation is being performed on.


formatInt

public static java.lang.Integer formatInt(java.lang.String value)
Checks if the value can safely be converted to a int primitive.

Parameters:
value - The value validation is being performed on.


formatLong

public static java.lang.Long formatLong(java.lang.String value)
Checks if the value can safely be converted to a long primitive.

Parameters:
value - The value validation is being performed on.


formatShort

public static java.lang.Short formatShort(java.lang.String value)
Checks if the value can safely be converted to a short primitive.

Parameters:
value - The value validation is being performed on.


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