MandatoryValidator.java

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package org.exoplatform.webui.form.validator;

import java.io.Serializable;

import org.exoplatform.webui.form.UIFormInput;

/**
 * Created by The eXo Platform SARL Author : Dang Van Minh minhdv81@yahoo.com Jun 7, 2006
 *
 * Validates whether a field is empty This class acts like a flag "mandatory". When you want to specify that a UIFormInput field
 * is mandatory in your form, add it this validator. A '*' character will be automatically added during the rendering phase to
 * specify the user
 */
public class MandatoryValidator extends AbstractValidator implements Serializable {

    public void validate(UIFormInput uiInput) throws Exception {
        String value = (String) uiInput.getValue();
        if (value == null || value.trim().isEmpty()) {
            throw createMessageException("EmptyFieldValidator.msg.empty-input", uiInput);
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected String getMessageLocalizationKey() {
        return "EmptyFieldValidator.msg.empty-input";
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean isValid(String value, UIFormInput uiInput) {
        throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Unneeded by this implementation");
    }
}