com.randomcoder.article
Class ArticleAddValidator

java.lang.Object
  com.randomcoder.article.ArticleAddValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Validator

Direct Known Subclasses:

ArticleEditValidator

public class ArticleAddValidator
extends Object
implements Validator

Validator for adding articles.

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Field Summary

protected ArticleDao	articleDao Article Dao.
protected static String	ERROR_ARTICLE_PERMALINK_EXISTS Message resource for permalink exists message.
protected int	maximumSummaryLength Maximum summary length.

Constructor Summary

ArticleAddValidator()

Method Summary

void	setArticleDao(ArticleDao articleDao) Sets the ArticleDao implementation to use
void	setContentFilter(ContentFilter contentFilter) Sets the ContentFilter implementation to use.
void	setMaximumSummaryLength(int maximumSummaryLength) Sets the maximum length of the summary field.
boolean	supports(Class givenClass) Determines if this validator supports the given class.
void	validate(Object obj, Errors errors) Validates the given command.
protected boolean	validateCommon(ArticleAddCommand command, Errors errors) Validate fields common to this class and subclasses.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ERROR_ARTICLE_PERMALINK_EXISTS

protected static final String ERROR_ARTICLE_PERMALINK_EXISTS

Message resource for permalink exists message.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

articleDao

protected ArticleDao articleDao

Article Dao.

maximumSummaryLength

protected int maximumSummaryLength

Maximum summary length.

Constructor Detail

ArticleAddValidator

public ArticleAddValidator()

Method Detail

setContentFilter

public void setContentFilter(ContentFilter contentFilter)

Sets the ContentFilter implementation to use.

Parameters:

contentFilter - content filter

setArticleDao

public void setArticleDao(ArticleDao articleDao)

Sets the ArticleDao implementation to use

Parameters:

articleDao - Article data access object

setMaximumSummaryLength

public void setMaximumSummaryLength(int maximumSummaryLength)

Sets the maximum length of the summary field.

Parameters:

maximumSummaryLength - max summary length

supports

public boolean supports(Class givenClass)

Determines if this validator supports the given class.

This validator supports ArticleAddCommand only.

Specified by:

supports in interface Validator

Parameters:

givenClass - class to check

validate

public void validate(Object obj,
                     Errors errors)

Validates the given command.

Specified by:

validate in interface Validator

Parameters:

obj - ArticleAddCommand to validate

errors - Spring Errors object to populate

validateCommon

protected final boolean validateCommon(ArticleAddCommand command,
                                       Errors errors)

Validate fields common to this class and subclasses.

Parameters:

command - article add command (or subclass)

errors - spring errors object to populate

Returns:

true if validation completed, false if processing should stop