com.iparelan.util.validation
Class NonNullValidationStrategy<T>

java.lang.Object
  com.iparelan.util.UtilObject
      com.iparelan.util.validation.AbstractValidationStrategy<T>
          com.iparelan.util.validation.NonNullValidationStrategy<T>

All Implemented Interfaces:

ValidationStrategy<T>

Direct Known Subclasses:

BeanTools.NonNullPropertyChangeEventValidator, NonNullObjectValidationStrategy

@Immutable
@Copyright(value="Copyright © 2008, Iparelan Solutions, LLC. All rights reserved.")
public class NonNullValidationStrategy<T>
extends AbstractValidationStrategy<T>

A validator that ensures an object of some arbitrary type is not null.

Version:

July 2008

Author:

Greg Mattes

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.iparelan.util.validation.AbstractValidationStrategy

AbstractValidationStrategy.ContextIndex

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.iparelan.util.validation.AbstractValidationStrategy

valueDescription

Fields inherited from class com.iparelan.util.UtilObject

LOGGER, MSGS, UTILITIES_LOGGER_NAME

Fields inherited from interface com.iparelan.util.validation.ValidationStrategy

BIG_DECIMAL_RANGE, BIG_INTEGER_RANGE, BYTE_RANGE, CALENDAR_RANGE, CHARACTER_RANGE, DATE_RANGE, DOUBLE_RANGE, FILE, FLOAT_RANGE, GREGORIAN_CALENDAR_RANGE, INTEGER, INTEGER_RANGE, LONG_RANGE, NON_EMPTY_STRING, NON_NULL_CLASS, NON_NULL_NON_EMPTY_STRING, NON_NULL_OBJECT, NON_NULL_STRING, SHORT_RANGE, SQL_DATE_RANGE, SQL_TIME_RANGE, SQL_TIMESTAMP_RANGE

Constructor Summary

NonNullValidationStrategy()
Creates a new NonNullValidationStrategy.

NonNullValidationStrategy(String valueDescription)
Creates a new NonNullValidationStrategy.

Method Summary

String	getValidatorDescription() Produces the description of this ValidationStrategy.
void	validate(T object, Object... context) Validates the specified value.

Methods inherited from class com.iparelan.util.validation.AbstractValidationStrategy

getValueDescription, getValueDescription, toString, validate

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NonNullValidationStrategy

NonNullValidationStrategy()

Creates a new NonNullValidationStrategy.

NonNullValidationStrategy

public NonNullValidationStrategy(String valueDescription)

Creates a new NonNullValidationStrategy.

Parameters:

valueDescription - Describes the new NonNullValidationStrategy. May not be null.

Method Detail

validate

public void validate(@Nullable
                     T object,
                     Object... context)

Description copied from interface: ValidationStrategy

Validates the specified value.

Parameters:

object - The value to be validated. May not be null.

context - Any information required for, or related to, the validation of unvalidated. The semantics (including whether null-ness is permitted) of this parameter are defined by the implementations of this method. The first contextual argument is, by convention, a String containing a description of the value being validated.

getValidatorDescription

public String getValidatorDescription()

Description copied from class: AbstractValidationStrategy

Produces the description of this ValidationStrategy.

Specified by:

getValidatorDescription in class AbstractValidationStrategy<T>

Returns:

The description of this ValidationStrategy. Never null.