net.sf.composite.validate.validators
Class BaseCompositeValidator

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.composite.validate.validators.BaseCompositeValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

ComponentValidator

Direct Known Subclasses:

SimpleComponentValidator

public abstract class BaseCompositeValidator
extends java.lang.Object
implements ComponentValidator

A convenient base class for component validators. This base class takes care of exception handling, argument validation and logging.

Since:

Mar 11, 2005

Author:

Matt Sgarlata

Field Summary

protected org.apache.commons.logging.Log

log

Constructor Summary

BaseCompositeValidator()

Method Summary

ComponentAccessor	getComponentAccessor()
void	setComponentAccessor(ComponentAccessor componentAccessor)
void	validate(java.lang.Object composite) Validates that the internal state of the given composite is valid.
protected abstract void	validateImpl(java.lang.Object composite)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

log

protected final org.apache.commons.logging.Log log

Constructor Detail

BaseCompositeValidator

public BaseCompositeValidator()

Method Detail

validateImpl

protected abstract void validateImpl(java.lang.Object composite)
                              throws java.lang.Exception

Throws:

java.lang.Exception

validate

public final void validate(java.lang.Object composite)
                    throws ComponentValidationException

Description copied from interface: ComponentValidator

Validates that the internal state of the given composite is valid.

Specified by:

validate in interface ComponentValidator

Parameters:

composite - the composite from which the components will be extracted

Throws:

ComponentValidationException - if the composite is not validation or validation could not be performed for some reason

getComponentAccessor

public ComponentAccessor getComponentAccessor()

setComponentAccessor

public void setComponentAccessor(ComponentAccessor componentAccessor)