org.beanfabrics.validation
Class ValidationState

java.lang.Object
  org.beanfabrics.validation.ValidationState

Direct Known Subclasses:

CompositeValidationState

public class ValidationState
extends java.lang.Object

The ValidationState is the result of a call to ValidationRule.validate() and indicates that this rule has found some invalid state. It contains a human readable text message which usually is reported to the application user.

Constructor Summary

ValidationState(java.lang.String message)
Constructs a new instance with the given message.

Method Summary

static ValidationState	create(java.lang.String message) Factory-method for creating a ValidationState from the specified message or null if the message is null.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other) Returns true when this instance is equal to the given object.
java.lang.String	getMessage() Returns the message for this instance.
int	hashCode()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValidationState

public ValidationState(java.lang.String message)
                throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Constructs a new instance with the given message.

Parameters:

message - the message text of this ValidationState

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - when message is null

Method Detail

create

public static ValidationState create(java.lang.String message)

Factory-method for creating a ValidationState from the specified message or null if the message is null.

Parameters:

message - String

Returns:

the ValidationState if message is not null, otherwise returns null

getMessage

public java.lang.String getMessage()

Returns the message for this instance.

Returns:

String

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Returns true when this instance is equal to the given object.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

other - Object to compare this instance to

Returns:

boolean true if this instance and the given object are equal, else false

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object