Package org.apache.wicket.validation

Class ValidationError

java.lang.Object

org.apache.wicket.validation.ValidationError

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, IClusterable, IValidationError

public final class ValidationError
extends Object
implements IValidationError

A versatile implementation of IValidationError that supports message resolution from IErrorMessageSource, default message (if none of the keys matched), and variable substitution. The final error message is constructed via the following process:

1. Try all keys added by calls to addKey(String) via the provided IErrorMessageSource.
2. If none of the keys yielded a message, use the message set by setMessage(String), if any.
3. Perform variable substitution on the message, if any.

Since:

1.2.6

Author:

Igor Vaynberg (ivaynberg)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ValidationError()	Constructs an empty error
ValidationError(String message)	Constructs a validation error with the specified message.
ValidationError(IValidator<?> validator)	Constructs a validation error with the validator's standard key.
ValidationError(IValidator<?> validator, String variation)	Constructs a validation error with a variation of validator's standard key.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ValidationError	addKey(String key)	Adds a key to the list of keys that will be tried against IErrorMessageSource to locate the error message string.
ValidationError	addKey(IValidator<?> validator)	Shortcut for adding a standard message key which is the simple name of the validator' class
ValidationError	addKey(IValidator<?> validator, String variation)	Shortcut for adding a standard message key variation which is the simple name of the validator class followed by a dot and the variation
Serializable	getErrorMessage(IErrorMessageSource messageSource)	Retrieves the error message (usually user-facing).
List<String>	getKeys()	Gets error keys
String	getMessage()	Gets the default message that will be used when no message could be located via message keys.
Map<String,Object>	getVariables()	Retrieves the variables map for this error.
void	setKeys(List<String> keys)	Sets error keys
ValidationError	setMessage(String message)	Sets message that will be used when no message could be located via message keys.
ValidationError	setVariable(String name, Object value)	Sets a key and value in the variables map for use in substitution.
ValidationError	setVariables(Map<String,Object> vars)	Sets the variables map for this error.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValidationError

public ValidationError()

Constructs an empty error

ValidationError

public ValidationError(IValidator<?> validator)

Constructs a validation error with the validator's standard key. Equivalent to calling addKey(IValidator)

Parameters:

validator - validator

ValidationError

public ValidationError(IValidator<?> validator,
                       String variation)

Constructs a validation error with a variation of validator's standard key. Equivalent to calling addKey(IValidator, String)

Parameters:

validator - validator

variation - key variation

ValidationError

public ValidationError(String message)

Constructs a validation error with the specified message. Equivalent to calling setMessage(String)

Parameters:

message - message

Method Detail

addKey

public ValidationError addKey(String key)

Adds a key to the list of keys that will be tried against IErrorMessageSource to locate the error message string.

Parameters:

key - a message key to be added

Returns:

this ValidationError for chaining purposes

addKey

public ValidationError addKey(IValidator<?> validator)

Shortcut for adding a standard message key which is the simple name of the validator' class

Parameters:

validator - validator

Returns:

this

addKey

public ValidationError addKey(IValidator<?> validator,
                              String variation)

Shortcut for adding a standard message key variation which is the simple name of the validator class followed by a dot and the variation

If the variation is empty only the validator's simple class name is used

Parameters:

validator - validator

variation - key variation

Returns:

this

setVariable

public ValidationError setVariable(String name,
                                   Object value)

Sets a key and value in the variables map for use in substitution.

Parameters:

name - a variable name

value - a variable value

Returns:

this ValidationError for chaining purposes

getVariables

public final Map<String,Object> getVariables()

Retrieves the variables map for this error. The caller is free to modify the contents.

Returns:

a Map of variables for this error

setVariables

public final ValidationError setVariables(Map<String,Object> vars)

Sets the variables map for this error.

Parameters:

vars - a variables map

Returns:

this ValidationError for chaining purposes

getErrorMessage

public final Serializable getErrorMessage(IErrorMessageSource messageSource)

Description copied from interface: IValidationError

Retrieves the error message (usually user-facing).

Specified by:

getErrorMessage in interface IValidationError

Parameters:

messageSource - the message source

Returns:

the error message

See Also:

IValidationError.getErrorMessage(IErrorMessageSource)

getMessage

public final String getMessage()

Gets the default message that will be used when no message could be located via message keys.

Returns:

message the default message used when all keys yield no message

setMessage

public final ValidationError setMessage(String message)

Sets message that will be used when no message could be located via message keys.

Note: No variable substitution is performed on the given message!

Parameters:

message - a default message to be used when all keys yield no message

Returns:

this ValidationError for chaining purposes

getKeys

public List<String> getKeys()

Gets error keys

Returns:

keys

setKeys

public void setKeys(List<String> keys)

Sets error keys

Parameters:

keys -

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

See Also:

Object.toString()