com.erudika.para.validation

Class ValidationUtils

java.lang.Object

com.erudika.para.validation.ValidationUtils

public final class ValidationUtils
extends Object

Helper methods for validating objects and generating JSON schemas.

Author:

Alex Bogdanovski [alex@erudika.com]

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Map<String,Map<String,Map<String,Map<String,?>>>>	getCoreValidationConstraints() Returns all validation constraints that are defined by Java annotation in the core classes.
static javax.validation.Validator	getValidator() A Hibernate Validator.
static boolean	isValidObject(App app, ParaObject obj) Validates objects using Hibernate Validator.
static boolean	isValidObject(ParaObject obj) Validates objects using Hibernate Validator.
static String[]	validateObject(App app, ParaObject content) Validates objects.
static String[]	validateObject(ParaObject content) Validates objects using Hibernate Validator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getValidator

public static javax.validation.Validator getValidator()

A Hibernate Validator.

Returns:

a validator object

isValidObject

public static boolean isValidObject(ParaObject obj)

Validates objects using Hibernate Validator. Used for basic validation.

Parameters:

obj - an object to be validated

Returns:

true if the object is valid (all fields are populated properly)

isValidObject

public static boolean isValidObject(App app,
                                    ParaObject obj)

Validates objects using Hibernate Validator. Used for full object validation.

Parameters:

app - the current app

obj - an object to be validated

Returns:

true if the object is valid (all fields are populated properly)

validateObject

public static String[] validateObject(ParaObject content)

Validates objects using Hibernate Validator.

Parameters:

content - an object to be validated

Returns:

a list of error messages or empty if object is valid

validateObject

public static String[] validateObject(App app,
                                      ParaObject content)

Validates objects.

Parameters:

content - an object to be validated

app - the current app

Returns:

a list of error messages or empty if object is valid

getCoreValidationConstraints

public static Map<String,Map<String,Map<String,Map<String,?>>>> getCoreValidationConstraints()

Returns all validation constraints that are defined by Java annotation in the core classes.

Returns:

a map of all core types to all core annotated constraints. See JSR-303.