PersonalNameValidator.java

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package org.exoplatform.webui.form.validator;

import org.exoplatform.commons.serialization.api.annotations.Serialized;
import org.exoplatform.webui.form.UIFormInput;

/**
 * @author <a href="mailto:vrockai@redhat.com">Viliam Rockai</a>
 * @datOct 11, 2011
 *
 *         Validates whether this value is a personal name. It's adding two more special characters beside letters and spaces.
 *         Those are "-" (Jean-Claude) and "'" (O'Connor). See GTNPORTAL-2560.
 */
@Serialized
public class PersonalNameValidator extends AbstractValidator {

    @Override
    protected String getMessageLocalizationKey() {
        return "PersonalNameValidator.msg.Invalid-char";
    }

    @Override
    protected boolean isValid(String value, UIFormInput uiInput) {
        for (int i = 0; i < value.length(); i++) {
            char c = value.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isLetter(c) || Character.isSpaceChar(c) || c == '\'' || c == '-') {
                continue;
            }
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }
}