de.smartics.properties.spi.config.validation
Class ConfigurationValidator

java.lang.Object
  de.smartics.properties.spi.config.validation.ConfigurationValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public final class ConfigurationValidator
     
     

      
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      Object
     
     
     
     

      
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Helper to validate sets of properties. Helpful for ConfigurationProperties.

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Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ConfigurationValidator(ConfigurationPropertiesManagement configuration)
Default constructor for non-lenient validation.

ConfigurationValidator(ConfigurationPropertiesManagement configuration, boolean lenient)
Default constructor.

Method Summary

void	validate(PropertyCollection properties, Class<?>... groups) Validates the given properties.
void	validate(PropertyDescriptor descriptor, Object value, Class<?>... groups) Validates the given value for the given descriptor and groups.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ConfigurationValidator

public ConfigurationValidator(ConfigurationPropertiesManagement configuration)

Default constructor for non-lenient validation.

Parameters:

configuration - the configuration to validate.

ConfigurationValidator

public ConfigurationValidator(ConfigurationPropertiesManagement configuration,
                              boolean lenient)

Default constructor.

Parameters:

configuration - the configuration to validate.

lenient - the lenient flag that tells the validation process to handle unknown properties gracefully if set to true.

Method Detail

validate

public void validate(PropertyCollection properties,
                     Class<?>... groups)
              throws de.smartics.util.lang.NullArgumentException,
                     ConfigurationValidationException

Validates the given properties.

Parameters:

properties - the properties to validate.

Throws:

de.smartics.util.lang.NullArgumentException - if properties is null.

ConfigurationValidationException - if validation fails.

validate

public void validate(PropertyDescriptor descriptor,
                     Object value,
                     Class<?>... groups)

Validates the given value for the given descriptor and groups.

Parameters:

descriptor - the descriptor to determine the constraints to check.

value - the value to check.

groups - the constraint groups to consider. If empty or null only the constraints in the default are checked.