com.opensymphony.xwork2.validator
Interface ValidatorFileParser

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultValidatorFileParser

public interface ValidatorFileParser

This class serves 2 purpose :

• Parse the validation config file. (eg. MyAction-validation.xml, MyAction-actionAlias-validation.xml) to return a List of ValidatorConfig encapsulating the validator information.
• Parse the validator definition file, (eg. validators.xml) that defines the Validators registered with XWork.

Author:

Jason Carreira, James House, tm_jee ( tm_jee (at) yahoo.co.uk ), Rob Harrop, Rene Gielen

See Also:

ValidatorConfig

Method Summary

List<ValidatorConfig>	parseActionValidatorConfigs(ValidatorFactory validatorFactory, InputStream is, String resourceName) Parse resource for a list of ValidatorConfig objects (configuring which validator(s) are being applied to a particular field etc.)
void	parseValidatorDefinitions(Map<String,String> validators, InputStream is, String resourceName) Parses validator definitions (register various validators with XWork).

Method Detail

parseActionValidatorConfigs

List<ValidatorConfig> parseActionValidatorConfigs(ValidatorFactory validatorFactory,
                                                  InputStream is,
                                                  String resourceName)

Parse resource for a list of ValidatorConfig objects (configuring which validator(s) are being applied to a particular field etc.)

Parameters:

is - input stream to the resource

resourceName - file name of the resource

Returns:

List list of ValidatorConfig

parseValidatorDefinitions

void parseValidatorDefinitions(Map<String,String> validators,
                               InputStream is,
                               String resourceName)

Parses validator definitions (register various validators with XWork).

Parameters:

is - The input stream

resourceName - The location of the input stream