org.apache.jetspeed.util
Class ValidationHelper

java.lang.Object
  org.apache.jetspeed.util.ValidationHelper

public class ValidationHelper

extends java.lang.Object

Data Validation functions using Regex

Version:

$Id: ValidationHelper.java,v 1.4 2004/02/23 03:23:42 jford Exp $

Author:

Ben Woodward, David Sean Taylor

Constructor Summary

ValidationHelper()

Method Summary

static boolean	isAlphaNumeric(java.lang.String evalString, boolean required) Tests that the input string contains only alpha numeric or white spaces
static boolean	isAlphaNumeric(java.lang.String evalString, boolean required, int maxLength)
static boolean	isDecimal(java.lang.String evalString, boolean required) Tests that the input string contains only numeric
static boolean	isDecimal(java.lang.String evalString, boolean required, int maxLength)
static boolean	isEmailAddress(java.lang.String evalString, boolean required) Tests that the input string contains a valid email addess
static boolean	isEmailAddress(java.lang.String evalString, boolean required, int maxLength)
static boolean	isInteger(java.lang.String evalString, boolean required) Tests that the input string contains only an integer
static boolean	isInteger(java.lang.String evalString, boolean required, int maxLength)
static boolean	isLooseAlphaNumeric(java.lang.String evalString, boolean required)
static boolean	isLooseAlphaNumeric(java.lang.String evalString, boolean required, int maxLength)
static boolean	isTooLong(java.lang.String evalString, int maxLength)
static boolean	isURL(java.lang.String evalString, boolean required) Tests that the input string contains a valid URL
static boolean	isURL(java.lang.String evalString, boolean required, int maxLength)
static boolean	isValidIdentifier(java.lang.String folderName)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValidationHelper

public ValidationHelper()

Method Detail

isAlphaNumeric

public static boolean isAlphaNumeric(java.lang.String evalString,
                                     boolean required)

Tests that the input string contains only alpha numeric or white spaces

Parameters:

evalString - The string that is to be evaluated

required - indicates whether the field is required or not

Returns:

True if the input is alpha numeric, false otherwise.

isAlphaNumeric

public static boolean isAlphaNumeric(java.lang.String evalString,
                                     boolean required,
                                     int maxLength)

isLooseAlphaNumeric

public static boolean isLooseAlphaNumeric(java.lang.String evalString,
                                          boolean required)

isLooseAlphaNumeric

public static boolean isLooseAlphaNumeric(java.lang.String evalString,
                                          boolean required,
                                          int maxLength)

isDecimal

public static boolean isDecimal(java.lang.String evalString,
                                boolean required)

Tests that the input string contains only numeric

Parameters:

evalString - The string that is to be evaluated

Returns:

True if the input is numeric, false otherwise.

isDecimal

public static boolean isDecimal(java.lang.String evalString,
                                boolean required,
                                int maxLength)

isInteger

public static boolean isInteger(java.lang.String evalString,
                                boolean required)

Tests that the input string contains only an integer

Parameters:

evalString - The string that is to be evaluated

Returns:

True if the input is numeric, false otherwise.

isInteger

public static boolean isInteger(java.lang.String evalString,
                                boolean required,
                                int maxLength)

isEmailAddress

public static boolean isEmailAddress(java.lang.String evalString,
                                     boolean required)

Tests that the input string contains a valid email addess

Parameters:

evalString - The string that is to be evaluated

Returns:

True if the input is a valid email address.

isEmailAddress

public static boolean isEmailAddress(java.lang.String evalString,
                                     boolean required,
                                     int maxLength)

isURL

public static boolean isURL(java.lang.String evalString,
                            boolean required)

Tests that the input string contains a valid URL

Parameters:

evalString - The string that is to be evaluated

Returns:

True if the input is a valid URL.

isURL

public static boolean isURL(java.lang.String evalString,
                            boolean required,
                            int maxLength)

isValidIdentifier

public static boolean isValidIdentifier(java.lang.String folderName)

isTooLong

public static boolean isTooLong(java.lang.String evalString,
                                int maxLength)