Package com.iplanet.ums.validation

Class AlphaValidator

java.lang.Object

com.iplanet.ums.validation.AlphaValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IValidator, Serializable

public class AlphaValidator
extends Object
implements IValidator

This class implements IValidator interface. Use the validate method of this class to validate the string for alphabetic string. Pass the string to be alphabeticvalidated and optional rule to validate function. The function returns true value if the string is valid alphabetic string

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.iplanet.ums.validation.IValidator

BAD_RULE, BAD_VALUE, PKG, PREFIX

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
AlphaValidator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	validate(String value)	Determines whether the specified string is a valid alphabetic string
boolean	validate(String value, String rule)	Determines whether the specified string is a valid alphabetic string

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AlphaValidator

public AlphaValidator()

Method Detail

validate

public boolean validate(String value,
                        String rule)

Determines whether the specified string is a valid alphabetic string

Specified by:

validate in interface IValidator

Parameters:

value - string value to validate

rule - not used by this method

Returns:

true if value is an alphabetic string

validate

public boolean validate(String value)

Determines whether the specified string is a valid alphabetic string

Parameters:

value - string to test

Returns:

true if value is an alphabetic string