org.norther.tammi.root.rt.util
Class AccountPasswordValidator

java.lang.Object
  org.norther.tammi.root.rt.util.AccountPasswordValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, AttributeValidator

public class AccountPasswordValidator
extends Object
implements AttributeValidator, Serializable

Validates passwords of user accounts.

Author:

Ilkka Priha

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

AccountPasswordValidator()
Constructs a new validator.

Method Summary

Object	validateValue(Variable var, String attributeName, Object attributeValue, Map modifiedAttributes) Validates the specified attribute value.
void	validateValues(Variable var, Map modifiedAttributes) Validates the attribute values in the specified map.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AccountPasswordValidator

public AccountPasswordValidator()

Constructs a new validator.

Method Detail

validateValue

public Object validateValue(Variable var,
                            String attributeName,
                            Object attributeValue,
                            Map modifiedAttributes)
                     throws InvalidAttributeValueException

Description copied from interface: AttributeValidator

Validates the specified attribute value. This method is called in undefined order for each modified attribute within setAttribute, setAttributes and validateAttributes methods of Variable.

The variable contains always the current values of the attributes. The attribute map contains new values of related attributes that have been modified at the same time as the specified one. The map will be updated according to the validated value.

Specified by:

validateValue in interface AttributeValidator

Parameters:

var - the variable owning the attribute.

attributeName - the name of the attribute.

attributeValue - the value to be validated.

modifiedAttributes - a read-only map of modified attributes.

Returns:

the validated value of the attribute.

Throws:

InvalidAttributeValueException - if the value is not valid.

validateValues

public void validateValues(Variable var,
                           Map modifiedAttributes)
                    throws AttributeNotFoundException,
                           InvalidAttributeValueException

Description copied from interface: AttributeValidator

Validates the attribute values in the specified map. This method is called after validation of individual attribute values and before actually setting the values providing a possibility for the validator to cross-check the values and make final changes to them.

Note that it is also allowed to add new values to the map e.g. for dependent read-only attributes.

The method may throw InvalidAttributeValueException specifying the name of the invalid attribute as the message argument, or InvalidAttributeValuesException for for multiple attributes with any validation specific exception as the wrapped exception argument.

Specified by:

validateValues in interface AttributeValidator

Parameters:

var - the variable owning the attributes.

modifiedAttributes - a map of modified attribute values.

Throws:

AttributeNotFoundException - for missing attributes.

InvalidAttributeValueException - if the values are not valid.