org.beanfabrics
Class ValidatableBean

java.lang.Object
  org.beanfabrics.AbstractBean
      org.beanfabrics.ValidatableBean

All Implemented Interfaces:

Bean, Validatable

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractPM

public class ValidatableBean
extends AbstractBean
implements Validatable

This is an implementation of Validatable that uses a Validator for producing a fresh ValidationState.

Constructor Summary

ValidatableBean()
Constructs a new instance.

Method Summary

ValidationState	getValidationState() Returns the current validation state of this object.
Validator	getValidator() Returns the Validator of this object.
boolean	isValid() Returns whether this object is valid.
void	revalidate() Updates the validation state of this object, usually by calling Validator.validate().
protected void	setValidationState(ValidationState validationState) Replaces the validation state.

Methods inherited from class org.beanfabrics.AbstractBean

addPropertyChangeListener, addPropertyChangeListener, equals, getPropertyChangeSupport, removePropertyChangeListener, removePropertyChangeListener

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValidatableBean

public ValidatableBean()

Constructs a new instance.

Method Detail

revalidate

public void revalidate()

Updates the validation state of this object, usually by calling Validator.validate().

Specified by:

revalidate in interface Validatable

getValidationState

public final ValidationState getValidationState()

Returns the current validation state of this object.

Specified by:

getValidationState in interface Validatable

Returns:

the current validation state of this object

isValid

public final boolean isValid()

Returns whether this object is valid. This object is valid if its validation state is null.

Specified by:

isValid in interface Validatable

Returns:

true if this object is valid, otherwise false.

getValidator

public final Validator getValidator()

Returns the Validator of this object. The validator is responsible for creating the ValidationState of this object by evaluating a specific set of ValidationRules.

Specified by:

getValidator in interface Validatable

Returns:

the Validator of this object

setValidationState

protected final void setValidationState(ValidationState validationState)

Replaces the validation state. This method should not be called directly since it is called from the revalidate() method.