com.sun.faces.component.validator

Class ComponentValidators

java.lang.Object

com.sun.faces.component.validator.ComponentValidators

public class ComponentValidators
extends Object

This class is responsible for adding default validators and/or validators that wrap multiple EditableValueHolder instances within the view.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	ComponentValidators.ValidatorInfo Generic information container for a validator at a particular nesting Level.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ComponentValidators()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	addDefaultValidatorsToComponent(javax.faces.context.FacesContext ctx, javax.faces.component.EditableValueHolder editableValueHolder) Creates and installs default validators, if any, into the argument EditableValueHolder.
void	addValidators(javax.faces.context.FacesContext ctx, javax.faces.component.EditableValueHolder editableValueHolder) Based on the ValidatorInfo instances present on the stack, configure the argument EditableValueHolder with Validators created from the available info.
static ComponentValidators	getValidators(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context, boolean createIfNull)
void	popValidatorInfo() Pops the last ValidatorInfo instance from the stack.
void	pushValidatorInfo(ComponentValidators.ValidatorInfo info) Pushes the provided ValidatorInfo onto the stack.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ComponentValidators

public ComponentValidators()

Method Detail

getValidators

public static ComponentValidators getValidators(javax.faces.context.FacesContext context,
                                                boolean createIfNull)

Parameters:

context - the FacesContext for the current request

createIfNull - flag indicating whether or not a ComponentValidators instance should be created or not

Returns:

a ComponentValidators instance for processing a view request. If createIfNull is false and no ComponentValidators has been created, this method will return null

addDefaultValidatorsToComponent

public static void addDefaultValidatorsToComponent(javax.faces.context.FacesContext ctx,
                                                   javax.faces.component.EditableValueHolder editableValueHolder)

Creates and installs default validators, if any, into the argument EditableValueHolder. This method is merely a utility method to be called when there is no ComponentValidators available, or there are no ValidatorInfo instances on the stack.

Parameters:

ctx - the FacesContext for the current request

editableValueHolder - the component receiving the Validators

addValidators

public void addValidators(javax.faces.context.FacesContext ctx,
                          javax.faces.component.EditableValueHolder editableValueHolder)

Based on the ValidatorInfo instances present on the stack, configure the argument EditableValueHolder with Validators created from the available info.

Parameters:

ctx - the FacesContext for the current request

editableValueHolder - the component receiving the Validators

pushValidatorInfo

public void pushValidatorInfo(ComponentValidators.ValidatorInfo info)

Pushes the provided ValidatorInfo onto the stack.

Parameters:

info -

popValidatorInfo

public void popValidatorInfo()

Pops the last ValidatorInfo instance from the stack.