/*
* RHQ Management Platform
* Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Red Hat, Inc.
* All rights reserved.
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation version 2 of the License.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
package org.rhq.enterprise.gui.legacy.validator;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import org.apache.commons.validator.Field;
import org.apache.commons.validator.ValidatorAction;
import org.apache.struts.action.ActionMessages;
/**
* This declares a common interface for validators. It is an abstract class in case we need to put common methods here.
*/
public abstract class BaseValidator {
/**
* Creates a new instance of BaseValidator
*/
public BaseValidator() {
}
/**
* This method should be overridden to perform whatever validation locgic is necessary.
*
* @param bean
* @param va
* @param field
* @param errors Any errors should be stored in the ActionErrors collection.
* @param request The current http request that is being processed.
*
* @return Returns true if the form is valid according to the logic in this method, false if not.
*/
public abstract boolean validate(Object bean, ValidatorAction va, Field field, ActionMessages errors,
HttpServletRequest request);
}