org.springframework.rules.constraint
Class RegexpConstraint

java.lang.Object
  org.springframework.rules.reporting.TypeResolvableSupport
      org.springframework.rules.constraint.RegexpConstraint

All Implemented Interfaces:

MessageSourceResolvable, Constraint, TypeResolvable

public class RegexpConstraint
extends TypeResolvableSupport
implements Constraint

A constraint based on a regular expression pattern.

Author:

Keith Donald

See Also:

TypeResolvable, Pattern

Constructor Summary

RegexpConstraint(String regex)
Creates a RegexpConstraint with the provided regular expression pattern string.

RegexpConstraint(String regex, String type)
Creates a RegexpConstraint with the provided regular expression pattern string and sets the type of the constraint to provide specific messages.

Method Summary

boolean	test(Object argument) Test if the argument matches the pattern.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.rules.reporting.TypeResolvableSupport

getArguments, getCodes, getDefaultMessage, getType, setType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RegexpConstraint

public RegexpConstraint(String regex)

Creates a RegexpConstraint with the provided regular expression pattern string.

Parameters:

regex - The regular expression

RegexpConstraint

public RegexpConstraint(String regex,
                        String type)

Creates a RegexpConstraint with the provided regular expression pattern string and sets the type of the constraint to provide specific messages.

Parameters:

regex - the regular expression.

type - id used to fetch the message.

Method Detail

test

public boolean test(Object argument)

Test if the argument matches the pattern.

Specified by:

test in interface Constraint

Parameters:

argument - the argument value

Returns:

true if the condition was satisfied, false otherwise

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object