nl.gx.webmanager.handler.forms.validation
Class DateFormPartValidator

java.lang.Object
  nl.gx.webmanager.handler.forms.validation.DateFormPartValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

FormComponent, Validator

public class DateFormPartValidator
extends java.lang.Object
implements Validator

Tries to match a formpart to a date pattern format (d/M/yyyy or d-M-yyyy) using the java.text.SimpleDateFormat class in the Java API.

Variable	Type	Mode	Default	Description
wmformpart	Parameter	Required	-	The formpart to validate (a date).
illegaldate	Message	-	-	If the formpart is not recognized as being a date (no date or wrong format).

Example usage:

• Check if date has the right format in a text input field.

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

ILLEGAL_DATE

Constructor Summary

DateFormPartValidator()

Method Summary

void	init(FormComponentConfig c) Passes the initialization parameters to the component.
ValidatorMessage[]	validate(FormDefinition form, State formState, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req, javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse res) Performs validation on a form and returns an array of validator messages, containing errors detected in the submitted values.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ILLEGAL_DATE

public static final java.lang.String ILLEGAL_DATE

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

DateFormPartValidator

public DateFormPartValidator()

Method Detail

init

public void init(FormComponentConfig c)
          throws InitializationException

Description copied from interface: FormComponent

Passes the initialization parameters to the component.

Specified by:

init in interface FormComponent

Parameters:

c - The FormComponentConfig object that contains configutation information for this component.

Throws:

InitializationException - If initialization failed

validate

public ValidatorMessage[] validate(FormDefinition form,
                                   State formState,
                                   javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest req,
                                   javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse res)

Description copied from interface: Validator

Performs validation on a form and returns an array of validator messages, containing errors detected in the submitted values.

Specified by:

validate in interface Validator

Parameters:

form - The form that should be validated

formState - The object representing the state of the formflow. This object provides access to values submitted by the client and the exceptions and validator messages for the form.

req - The http servlet request

res - The http servlet response

Returns:

The array of validator messages, containing validation errors for the form.