org.springframework.binding.validation.support
Class HibernateRulesValidator

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.binding.validation.support.HibernateRulesValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

RichValidator, Validator, ObjectNameResolver

public class HibernateRulesValidator
extends Object
implements RichValidator, ObjectNameResolver

Validator which uses the ClassValidator of Hibernate to discover InvalidValue. These are then translated to ValidationMessages and added to the ValidationResults as usual.

Usage in a ValidatingFormModel where SomeClass has annotations for Hibernate Validator:

 formModel.setValidator(new HibernateRulesValidator(formModel, SomeClass.class));
 

This can be used in combination with other Validators as well by creating a CompositeRichValidator:

 HibernateRulesValidator hibernateRulesValidator = new HibernateRulesValidator(getFormModel(), SomeClass.class);
 hibernateRulesValidator.addIgnoredHibernateProperty("ignoredProperty");
 RulesValidator rulesValidator = new RulesValidator(getFormModel(), myRulesSource);
 getFormModel().setValidator(new CompositeRichValidator(rulesValidator, hibernateRulesValidator));
 

Note that we're adding one property to the HibernateRulesValidator that will be ignored. This property will only be checked at your back-end by Hibernate. The RulesValidator adds additional rules that are only used at the front-end or/and may contain the equivalent of the AssertTrue or AssertFalse methods on SomeClass.

Author:

Andy DuPue, Lieven Doclo, Jan Hoskens

Constructor Summary

HibernateRulesValidator(ValidatingFormModel formModel, Class clazz)
Creates a new HibernateRulesValidator without ignoring any properties.

HibernateRulesValidator(ValidatingFormModel formModel, Class clazz, Set<String> ignoredHibernateProperties)
Creates a new HibernateRulesValidator with additionally a set of properties that should not be validated.

Method Summary

void	addIgnoredHibernateProperty(String propertyName) Add a property for the Hibernate validator to ignore.
protected void	addInvalidValues(org.hibernate.validator.InvalidValue[] invalidValues) Add all InvalidValues to the ValidationResults.
void	clearMessages() Clear the current validationMessages and the errors.
protected org.hibernate.validator.InvalidValue[]	doHibernateValidate(Object object, String property) Validates the object through Hibernate Validator
void	removeIgnoredHibernateProperty(String propertyName) Remove a property for the Hibernate validator to ignore.
String	resolveObjectName(String objectName) resolves a field name to a user friendly display name
protected ValidationMessage	translateMessage(org.hibernate.validator.InvalidValue invalidValue) Translate a single InvalidValue to a ValidationMessage.
ValidationResults	validate(Object object) Validates the provided object.
ValidationResults	validate(Object object, String propertyName) Validates the given property of the provided object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

HibernateRulesValidator

public HibernateRulesValidator(ValidatingFormModel formModel,
                               Class clazz)

Creates a new HibernateRulesValidator without ignoring any properties.

Parameters:

formModel - The ValidatingFormModel on which validation needs to occur

clazz - The class of the object this validator needs to check

HibernateRulesValidator

public HibernateRulesValidator(ValidatingFormModel formModel,
                               Class clazz,
                               Set<String> ignoredHibernateProperties)

Creates a new HibernateRulesValidator with additionally a set of properties that should not be validated.

Parameters:

formModel - The ValidatingFormModel on which validation needs to occur

clazz - The class of the object this validator needs to check

ignoredHibernateProperties - properties that should not be checked though are

Method Detail

validate

public ValidationResults validate(Object object)

Validates the provided object.

Specified by:

validate in interface Validator

Parameters:

object - the object to validate

Returns:

the results on the validation

validate

public ValidationResults validate(Object object,
                                  String propertyName)

Validates the given property of the provided object.

Specified by:

validate in interface RichValidator

Parameters:

object - the object to validate (may be an implementation of

propertyName - the name of the only property that has changed since the last call to validate.

Returns:

the results on the validation

addInvalidValues

protected void addInvalidValues(org.hibernate.validator.InvalidValue[] invalidValues)

Add all InvalidValues to the ValidationResults.

translateMessage

protected ValidationMessage translateMessage(org.hibernate.validator.InvalidValue invalidValue)

Translate a single InvalidValue to a ValidationMessage.

doHibernateValidate

protected org.hibernate.validator.InvalidValue[] doHibernateValidate(Object object,
                                                                     String property)

Validates the object through Hibernate Validator

Parameters:

object - The object that needs to be validated

property - The properties that needs to be validated

Returns:

An array of InvalidValue, containing all validation errors

clearMessages

public void clearMessages()

Clear the current validationMessages and the errors.

See Also:

validate(Object, String)

addIgnoredHibernateProperty

public void addIgnoredHibernateProperty(String propertyName)

Add a property for the Hibernate validator to ignore.

Parameters:

propertyName - Name of the property to ignore. Cannot be null.

removeIgnoredHibernateProperty

public void removeIgnoredHibernateProperty(String propertyName)

Remove a property for the Hibernate validator to ignore.

Parameters:

propertyName - Name of the property to be removed. Cannot be null.

resolveObjectName

public String resolveObjectName(String objectName)

resolves a field name to a user friendly display name

Specified by:

resolveObjectName in interface ObjectNameResolver