Package com.iplanet.ums.validation

Class MailAddressValidator

java.lang.Object

com.iplanet.ums.validation.MailAddressValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IValidator, Serializable

public class MailAddressValidator
extends Object
implements IValidator

Validates mail address This class is constructed using default(noarguments) constructor and mail address is passed to validate function with optional rules The passed mail address is validated for authenticity and boolean value is returned accordingly.

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
MailAddressValidator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	validate(String addr)	Check if the given email address is valid
boolean	validate(String value, String rule)	Determines if the value is a valid email address string

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MailAddressValidator

public MailAddressValidator()

Method Detail

validate

public boolean validate(String value,
                        String rule)

Determines if the value is a valid email address string

Specified by:

validate in interface IValidator

Parameters:

value - string value to validate

rule - not used by this method

Returns:

true if the value represents a valid email address string

validate

public boolean validate(String addr)

Check if the given email address is valid

Parameters:

addr - value to test

Returns:

true if the string contains valid email characters