Package com.opencsv.validators

Class LineValidatorAggregator

java.lang.Object

com.opencsv.validators.LineValidatorAggregator

public class LineValidatorAggregator
extends Object

The aggregator's purpose is to collect multiple LineValidators and run them against a single line. This way complex validations can be performed.

Since:

5.0

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
private static final int	CAPACITY
private static final int	MULTIPLIER
private List<LineValidator>	validators

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
LineValidatorAggregator()	Default constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addValidator(LineValidator validator)	Add an validator to the aggregator.
boolean	isValid(String line)	Runs all LineValidators' LineValidator.isValid(String) method against the line.
(package private) void	setValidators(List<LineValidator> validators)	Setter created for unit test.
void	validate(String line)	Runs all LineValidators validate commands and if the string 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

Field Details

CAPACITY

private static final int CAPACITY

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

MULTIPLIER

private static final int MULTIPLIER

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

validators

private List<LineValidator> validators

Constructor Details

LineValidatorAggregator

public LineValidatorAggregator()

Default constructor.

Method Details

addValidator

public void addValidator(LineValidator validator)

Add an validator to the aggregator.

Parameters:

validator - Validator to be added.

isValid

public boolean isValid(String line)

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

Parameters:

line - String to be validated.

Returns:

true if all validators' LineValidator.isValid(String) methods return true, false otherwise.

validate

public void validate(String line)
              throws CsvValidationException

Runs all LineValidators validate commands and if the string is invalid then it combines all the validation error messages in a single CsvValidationException.

Parameters:

line - String to be validated

Throws:

CsvValidationException - Thrown if the string is invalid

setValidators

void setValidators(List<LineValidator> validators)

Setter created for unit test.

Parameters:

validators - - list of validators to use.