Package org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.validator

Class Validator

java.lang.Object

org.kuali.rice.krad.datadictionary.validator.Validator

public class Validator
extends Object

A validator for Rice Dictionaries that stores the information found during its validation.

Author:

Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
Validator()	Constructor creating an empty validation report

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static void	addErrorReport(ErrorReport report)
static boolean	checkExpressions(Component object, String property)	Checks if a property of a Component is being set by expressions
ErrorReport	getErrorReport(int index)	Retrieves an individual error report for errors found during the validation
static List<ErrorReport>	getErrorReports()
int	getErrorReportSize()	Retrieves the number of error reports generated during the validation
int	getNumberOfErrors()	Retrieves the number of errors found in the validation
int	getNumberOfWarnings()	Retrieves the number of warnings found in the validation
org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory	loadBeans(String[] xmlFiles)	Loads the Spring Beans from a list of xml files
static void	resetErrorReport()
boolean	validate(String[] xmlFiles, boolean failOnWarning)	Validates the beans in a collection of xml files
boolean	validate(String[] xmlFiles, org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader loader, org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory beans, boolean failOnWarning)	Validates a collection of beans
boolean	validate(Component object, boolean failOnWarning)	Validates a UIF Component
static boolean	validateSpringEL(String expression)	Validates an expression string for correct Spring Expression language syntax

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

Validator

public Validator()

Constructor creating an empty validation report

Method Details

addErrorReport

public static void addErrorReport(ErrorReport report)

resetErrorReport

public static void resetErrorReport()

validate

public boolean validate(Component object,
 boolean failOnWarning)

Validates a UIF Component

Parameters:

object - - The UIF Component to be validated

failOnWarning - - Whether the validation should fail if warnings are found

Returns:

Returns true if the validation passes

validate

public boolean validate(String[] xmlFiles,
 boolean failOnWarning)

Validates the beans in a collection of xml files

Parameters:

xmlFiles - files to validate

failOnWarning - - Whether detecting a warning should cause the validation to fail

Returns:

Returns true if the beans past validation

validate

public boolean validate(String[] xmlFiles,
 org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader loader,
 org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory beans,
 boolean failOnWarning)

Validates a collection of beans

Parameters:

xmlFiles - - The collection of xml files used to load the provided beans

loader - - The source that was used to load the beans

beans - - Collection of preloaded beans

failOnWarning - - Whether detecting a warning should cause the validation to fail

Returns:

Returns true if the beans past validation

validateSpringEL

public static boolean validateSpringEL(String expression)

Validates an expression string for correct Spring Expression language syntax

Parameters:

expression - - The expression being validated

Returns:

Returns true if the expression is of correct SpringEL syntax

checkExpressions

public static boolean checkExpressions(Component object,
 String property)

Checks if a property of a Component is being set by expressions

Parameters:

object - - The Component being checked

property - - The property being set

Returns:

Returns true if the property is contained in the Components property expressions

loadBeans

public org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory loadBeans(String[] xmlFiles)

Loads the Spring Beans from a list of xml files

Parameters:

xmlFiles -

Returns:

The Spring Bean Factory for the provided list of xml files

getNumberOfErrors

public int getNumberOfErrors()

Retrieves the number of errors found in the validation

Returns:

The number of errors found in the validation

getNumberOfWarnings

public int getNumberOfWarnings()

Retrieves the number of warnings found in the validation

Returns:

The number of warnings found in the validation

getErrorReport

public ErrorReport getErrorReport(int index)

Retrieves an individual error report for errors found during the validation

Parameters:

index -

Returns:

The error report at the provided index

getErrorReportSize

public int getErrorReportSize()

Retrieves the number of error reports generated during the validation

Returns:

The number of ErrorReports

getErrorReports

public static List<ErrorReport> getErrorReports()