org.yarnandtail.andhow.valid

Class BigDecValidator

java.lang.Object

org.yarnandtail.andhow.valid.BaseValidator<BigDecimal>

org.yarnandtail.andhow.valid.BigDecValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Validator<BigDecimal>

Direct Known Subclasses:

BigDecValidator.GreaterThan, BigDecValidator.GreaterThanOrEqualTo, BigDecValidator.LessThan, BigDecValidator.LessThanOrEqualTo

public abstract class BigDecValidator
extends BaseValidator<BigDecimal>

Validator implementations for BigDecimal ValueTypes.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	BigDecValidator.GreaterThan Validate that a BigDecimal is greater than a specified reference.
static class	BigDecValidator.GreaterThanOrEqualTo Validate that a BigDecimal is greater than or equal to a specified reference.
static class	BigDecValidator.LessThan Validate that a BigDecimal is less than a specified reference.
static class	BigDecValidator.LessThanOrEqualTo Validate that a BigDecimal is less than or equal to a specified reference.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getInvalidSpecificationMessage() If the specification itself is invalid (such as a bad regex string), this will build a message describing the problem to the user.
boolean	isSpecificationValid() Returns true if the validation criteria itself is valid.

Methods inherited from class org.yarnandtail.andhow.valid.BaseValidator

getInvalidMessage, isValid, isValidWithoutNull

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.yarnandtail.andhow.api.Validator

getTheValueMustDescription

Method Detail

isSpecificationValid

public boolean isSpecificationValid()

Description copied from interface: Validator

Returns true if the validation criteria itself is valid.

For things like regex expressions, this would check to see if the regex expression is a valid expression.

Returns:

getInvalidSpecificationMessage

public String getInvalidSpecificationMessage()

Description copied from interface: Validator

If the specification itself is invalid (such as a bad regex string), this will build a message describing the problem to the user.

This method may return a message regardless of if the validation is invalid or not - use isSpecificationValid() to determine if the Validator is configured correctly or not.

Returns:

A message describing an assumed problem with the validation specification.