Package org.nuiton.validator

Interface NuitonValidatorProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:
AbstractNuitonValidatorProvider, XWork2NuitonValidatorProvider
public interface NuitonValidatorProvider
Provider of NuitonValidator. An implementation of a such class provides a implementation of a validator models and also of validator. Note: Providers are used in the NuitonValidatorFactory and should be registered via the ServiceLoader api.
Since:
2.0
Author:
Tony Chemit - chemit@codelutin.com
See Also:
NuitonValidatorModel, NuitonValidator, ServiceLoader

  • Method Details

    • getName

      java.lang.String getName()
      Obtains the name of the provider.
      Returns:
      the name of the provider.

    • getModel

      <O> NuitonValidatorModel<O> getModel​(java.lang.Class<O> type, java.lang.String context, NuitonValidatorScope... scopes)
      Obtain a validator model, the model should be cached and not be reinstanciated at each time a validator model is asked.
      Type Parameters:
      O - type of the class to validate
      Parameters:
      type - type of the class to validate
      context - context of validation (null if no context)
      scopes - filtered scope (if nothing given, then use all scopes)
      Returns:
      the cached model of validation

    • newModel

      <O> NuitonValidatorModel<O> newModel​(java.lang.Class<O> type, java.lang.String context, NuitonValidatorScope... scopes)
      Instanciate a new validator model for the given parameters.
      Type Parameters:
      O - type of the class to validate
      Parameters:
      type - type of the class to validate
      context - context of validation (null if no context)
      scopes - filtered scope (if nothing given, then use all scopes)
      Returns:
      the new instanciated model of validation

    • newValidator

      <O> NuitonValidator<O> newValidator​(NuitonValidatorModel<O> model)
      Obtains a new validator for the given model.
      Type Parameters:
      O - type of class to validate
      Parameters:
      model - the model of validator to use
      Returns:
      the new validator

    • detectValidators

      java.util.SortedSet<NuitonValidator<?>> detectValidators​(java.io.File sourceRoot, java.util.regex.Pattern contextFilter, NuitonValidatorScope[] scopes, java.lang.Class<?>... types)
      Detects in the given directory validators.
      Parameters:
      sourceRoot - root directory where to seek for validators
      contextFilter - the pattern of context to seek
      scopes - scopes to seek (if none given, will seek for all scopes)
      types - types of class to seek
      Returns:
      the set of validators found