com.iplanet.ums.validation

Class SetValidator

java.lang.Object

com.iplanet.ums.validation.SetValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IValidator, Serializable

public class SetValidator
extends Object
implements IValidator

Validates if given value is in the set. This class implements IValidator interface. Default constructor should be used to create this object. Pass the string value to be validated and set of Stringvalues against which the value should be validated to validate function, true is returned if the value is present in the set.

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 and Description
SetValidator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	validate(String value, String set) Checks if the value is in the set.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SetValidator

public SetValidator()

Method Detail

validate

public boolean validate(String value,
                        String set)

Checks if the value is in the set. Validates the string value against the rule, which is a set of elements in the form of a String, with each elements separated by comma.

 Example: validate("A", "A,B,C,D,F"); // returns true
 validate("408", "415,650,408,510"); // returns true
 validate("770", "415,650,408,510"); // returns false
 validate(408, "415,650,408,510"); // exception
 

Specified by:

validate in interface IValidator

Parameters:

value - Value to validate.

set - Set used by the validation, in the form of a String with each elements separated by comma.

Returns:

true if value is in the set