From 38dce476c931b45cac6969cdbb3c600f171e3150 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Roland=20H=C3=A4der?= <roland@mxchange.org>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2016 17:17:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added generic date validator which needs to be extended

---
 .../validator/bool/BaseBooleanValidator.java  |  1 +
 .../validator/date/BaseDateValidator.java     | 83 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 84 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 src/org/mxchange/jcoreee/validator/date/BaseDateValidator.java

diff --git a/src/org/mxchange/jcoreee/validator/bool/BaseBooleanValidator.java b/src/org/mxchange/jcoreee/validator/bool/BaseBooleanValidator.java
index cdb26d9..5a9e573 100644
--- a/src/org/mxchange/jcoreee/validator/bool/BaseBooleanValidator.java
+++ b/src/org/mxchange/jcoreee/validator/bool/BaseBooleanValidator.java
@@ -110,4 +110,5 @@ public abstract class BaseBooleanValidator extends BaseObjectValidator implement
 			throw new ValidatorException(facesMessage);
 		}
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/src/org/mxchange/jcoreee/validator/date/BaseDateValidator.java b/src/org/mxchange/jcoreee/validator/date/BaseDateValidator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9df554
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/org/mxchange/jcoreee/validator/date/BaseDateValidator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Roland Haeder
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package org.mxchange.jcoreee.validator.date;
+
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+import javax.faces.application.FacesMessage;
+import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;
+import javax.faces.context.FacesContext;
+import javax.faces.validator.ValidatorException;
+import org.mxchange.jcoreee.validator.BaseObjectValidator;
+
+/**
+ * A generic validator class for dates
+ * <p>
+ * @author Roland Haeder<roland@mxchange.org>
+ */
+public abstract class BaseDateValidator extends BaseObjectValidator {
+
+	/**
+	 * Serial number
+	 */
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 57_341_298_601_276L;
+
+	@Override
+	public void preValidate (final FacesContext context, final UIComponent component, final Object value, final String[] requiredFields, boolean allowNull) throws ValidatorException {
+		// Trace message
+		//* NOISY-DEBUG: */ System.out.println(MessageFormat.format("preValidate: context={0},component={1},value={2},requiredFields={3} - CALLED!", context, component, value, Arrays.toString(requiredFields))); //NOI18N
+
+		// Pre-validate
+		super.preValidate(context, component, value, requiredFields, allowNull);
+
+		// Get client id and init message + key
+		String clientId = component.getClientId();
+		FacesMessage facesMessage = null;
+		String requiredMessage;
+
+		// So far all fine, no check if the field is fine
+		for (final String field : requiredFields) {
+			// Debug message
+			//this.getLogger().logDebug(MessageFormat.format("preValidate: field={0},clientId={1}", field, clientId)); //NOI18N
+
+			// Is it the same?
+			if (clientId.endsWith(field)) {
+				// Compare value's type
+				if (!(value instanceof Date)) {
+					// Generate message
+					requiredMessage = MessageFormat.format("Field {0} is not Date: {1}", field, value); //NOI18N
+
+					// Value is not right type
+					facesMessage = new FacesMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_ERROR, requiredMessage, requiredMessage); //NOI18N
+					break;
+				}
+
+				// Cast to date
+				Date date = (Date) value;
+
+				// @TODO Continue here?
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Is facesMessage set?
+		if (null != facesMessage) {
+			// Abort here
+			throw new ValidatorException(facesMessage);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
-- 
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