2 * Copyright (C) 2015 Roland Haeder
4 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
7 * (at your option) any later version.
9 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 * GNU General Public License for more details.
14 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
17 package org.mxchange.jcoreee.validator.string;
19 import javax.faces.application.FacesMessage;
20 import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
21 import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
22 import javax.faces.validator.ValidatorException;
23 import org.mxchange.jcoreee.validator.BaseObjectValidator;
26 * A general string validation class. You normally want to inherit from this
27 * class for many form fields, e.g. surname, street name, city name and such.
29 * @author Roland Haeder<roland@mxchange.org>
31 public abstract class BaseStringValidator extends BaseObjectValidator {
34 protected void preValidate (final FacesContext context, final UIComponent component, final Object value, final String[] requiredFields) throws ValidatorException {
36 //this.getLogger().logTrace(MessageFormat.format("preValidate: context={0},component={1},value={2},fields={3} - CALLED!", context, component, value, Arrays.toString(requiredFields))); //NOI18N
38 // Pre-validate (e.g. on null)
39 super.preValidate(context, component, value, requiredFields);
41 // Get client id and init message + key
42 String clientId = component.getClientId();
43 FacesMessage facesMessage = null;
46 // So far all fine, no check if the field is fine
47 for (final String field : requiredFields) {
49 //this.getLogger().logDebug(MessageFormat.format("preValidate: field={0},clientId={1}", field, clientId)); //NOI18N
52 if (clientId.endsWith(field)) {
53 // Compare value's type
54 if (!(value instanceof String)) {
56 errKey = String.format("error_%s_is_not_string", field); //NOI18N
58 facesMessage = new FacesMessage(getMessageStringFromKey(errKey));
62 String str = (String) value;
67 errKey = String.format("error_%s_is_empty", field); //NOI18N
69 facesMessage = new FacesMessage(getMessageStringFromKey(errKey));
75 //this.getLogger().logDebug(MessageFormat.format("preValidate: facesMessage={0}", facesMessage)); //NOI18N
77 if (null != facesMessage) {
78 throw new ValidatorException(facesMessage);
82 //this.getLogger().logTrace("preValidate: EXIT!"); //NOI18N