net.sf.jsefa.common.annotation
Class ValidatorFactory

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.jsefa.common.annotation.ValidatorFactory

public final class ValidatorFactory
extends Object

Factory for creating Validators from annotated classes.

Author:

Norman Lahme-Huetig

Constructor Summary

ValidatorFactory(ValidatorProvider validatorProvider, ObjectAccessorProvider objectAccessorProvider)
Constructs a new ValidatorFactory.

Method Summary

Validator	createContextualValidator(Class<?> objectType, Field field, Annotation contextAnnotation, Class<? extends Annotation> dataTypeAnnotationType) Creates a contextual validator for the given object type.
Validator	createValidator(Class<?> objectType, Class<? extends Annotation>... fieldAnnotationTypes) Creates a context free validator for the given object type.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValidatorFactory

public ValidatorFactory(ValidatorProvider validatorProvider,
                        ObjectAccessorProvider objectAccessorProvider)

Constructs a new ValidatorFactory.

Parameters:

validatorProvider - the validator provider

objectAccessorProvider - the object accessor provider

Method Detail

createContextualValidator

public Validator createContextualValidator(Class<?> objectType,
                                           Field field,
                                           Annotation contextAnnotation,
                                           Class<? extends Annotation> dataTypeAnnotationType)

Creates a contextual validator for the given object type.

Parameters:

objectType - the object type to create a validator for

field - the field to create a contextual validator for (may be null)

contextAnnotation - the annotation providing parameters for constructing the validator

dataTypeAnnotationType - the type of the data type annotation providing default parameters for constructing the validator

Returns:

a validator

createValidator

public Validator createValidator(Class<?> objectType,
                                 Class<? extends Annotation>... fieldAnnotationTypes)

Creates a context free validator for the given object type.

Parameters:

objectType - the object type to create a validator for

fieldAnnotationTypes - the possible annotation types for the fields of the given object type providing parameters for constructing the validator

Returns:

a validator