com.opencsv.validators

Class RowValidatorAggregator

java.lang.Object

com.opencsv.validators.RowValidatorAggregator

public class RowValidatorAggregator
extends Object

The aggregator's purpose is to collect multiple RowValidators and run them against a single array of strings. This way complex validations can be performed.

Since:

5.0

Author:

Scott Conway

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
RowValidatorAggregator() Default constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addValidator(RowValidator validator) Add a validator to the aggregator.
boolean	isValid(String[] row) Runs all RowValidators' RowValidator.isValid(String[]) method against the line.
void	validate(String[] row) Runs all RowValidators' RowValidator.validate(String[]) methods and if the string array is invalid, then it combines all the validation error messages in a single CsvValidationException.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

RowValidatorAggregator

public RowValidatorAggregator()

Default constructor.

Method Detail

addValidator

public void addValidator(RowValidator validator)

Add a validator to the aggregator.

Parameters:

validator - Validator to be added.

isValid

public boolean isValid(String[] row)

Runs all RowValidators' RowValidator.isValid(String[]) method against the line. This is a short circuit: as soon as one validator returns false then false is returned.

Parameters:

row - Array of strings to be validated.

Returns:

true if all validators' RowValidator.isValid(String[]) methods return true, false otherwise.

validate

public void validate(String[] row)
              throws CsvValidationException

Runs all RowValidators' RowValidator.validate(String[]) methods and if the string array is invalid, then it combines all the validation error messages in a single CsvValidationException.

Parameters:

row - Array of Strings to be validation.

Throws:

CsvValidationException - Thrown if the string is invalid.