org.mule.extension.validation.internal.validator

Class EmptyCollectionValidator

java.lang.Object

org.mule.extension.validation.internal.validator.EmptyCollectionValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Validator

public class EmptyCollectionValidator
extends Object

A AbstractValidator which verifies that a given value is empty. The definition of empty depends on the type of value. If it's a String it will check that it is not blank. If it's a Collection, array or Map it will check that it's not empty. No other types are supported, an IllegalArgumentException will be thrown if any other type is supplied

Since:

1.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
EmptyCollectionValidator(Collection<?> value, ValidationContext validationContext)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected ValidationResult	fail() Generates a ValidationResult which ValidationResult.isError() method returns true and which message is the return value of getDefaultErrorMessage().
protected org.mule.runtime.api.i18n.I18nMessage	getDefaultErrorMessage() Implementations need to implement this method to return the error message in case the validation failed
protected ValidationErrorType	getErrorType() Defines the error type associated to this validation.
protected ValidationMessages	getMessages() Returns the ValidationMessages instance to use
ValidationResult	validate() Performs the validation and generates a ValidationResult back.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EmptyCollectionValidator

public EmptyCollectionValidator(Collection<?> value,
                                ValidationContext validationContext)

Method Detail

validate

public ValidationResult validate()

Description copied from interface: Validator

Performs the validation and generates a ValidationResult back.

Returns:

a ValidationResult

getErrorType

protected ValidationErrorType getErrorType()

Defines the error type associated to this validation. Default is ValidationErrorType.VALIDATION but implementations can override it.

Returns:

a ValidationErrorType

getDefaultErrorMessage

protected org.mule.runtime.api.i18n.I18nMessage getDefaultErrorMessage()

Implementations need to implement this method to return the error message in case the validation failed

Returns:

a I18nMessage

getMessages

protected ValidationMessages getMessages()

Returns the ValidationMessages instance to use

Returns:

a ValidationMessages instance

fail

protected ValidationResult fail()

Generates a ValidationResult which ValidationResult.isError() method returns true and which message is the return value of getDefaultErrorMessage(). If the error messagee is an expression, it will be evaluated before constructing the result object

Returns:

a ValidationResult