PostCodeValidator.java

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package je7hb.beanvalidation.essentials;

import javax.validation.ConstraintValidator;
import javax.validation.ConstraintValidatorContext;
import java.util.regex.Matcher;
import java.util.regex.Pattern;

/**
 * The type PostCodeValidator
 *
 * @author Peter Pilgrim (peter)
 */
public class PostCodeValidator implements ConstraintValidator<PostalCode,String> {
    private String country;

    private Pattern pattern =
        Pattern.compile(
            "[A-Z][A-Z]\\d{1,2}[ \t]*\\d{1,2}[A-Z][A-Z]");

    @Override
    public void initialize(PostalCode postalCode) {
        this.country = postalCode.country();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean isValid(String value,
                           ConstraintValidatorContext context) {
        System.out.printf("%s.isValid( %s, %s)\n",
                getClass().getSimpleName(), value, context );
        if ( value == null) {
            return true;
        }
        Matcher m = pattern.matcher(value.toUpperCase());
        return m.matches();
    }
}