IValidator (OpenAM Project 16.0.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AlphaValidator, BooleanValidator, DNValidator, DomainValidator, FloatValidator, MailAddressValidator, NumberValidator, SetValidator, TelephoneValidator, URLValidator
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public interface IValidator
extends Serializable
```
Interface for all validators. This is handle for doing validations and should be implemented by all validating classes. Implementation is specific to that implementing classs with a set of validating rules

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static String`	`BAD_RULE`	constant string value to represent badrule
`static String`	`BAD_VALUE`	constant string value to represent badvalue
`static String`	`PKG`	Resource keys package name
`static String`	`PREFIX`	package prefix

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type Method Description

boolean validate(String value, String rule)
Validates value with the optional rule.

- Field Detail
  - PKG
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static final String PKG
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    Resource keys package name
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - PREFIX
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static final String PREFIX
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    package prefix
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - BAD_VALUE
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static final String BAD_VALUE
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    constant string value to represent badvalue
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
  - BAD_RULE
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static final String BAD_RULE
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    constant string value to represent badrule
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - validate
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boolean validate(String value,
                 String rule)
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    Validates value with the optional rule.
    Example: SetValidator.validate("A", "A,B,C,D,F"); RangeValidator.validate("10", "1-24"); MailAddressValidator.validate("bogus@sun.com", null);
    Parameters:
    
    value - attribute value to test
    
    rule - optional rule applies to each validator
    
    Returns:
    
    true if validates successfully