net.dpml.cli.validation
Class EnumValidator

java.lang.Object
  net.dpml.cli.validation.EnumValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

Validator

public class EnumValidator
extends Object
implements Validator

The EnumValidator validates the string argument values are valid. The following example shows how to limit the valid values for the color argument to 'red', 'green', or 'blue'.

 Set values = new HashSet();
 values.add("red");
 values.add("green");
 values.add("blue");
 ...
 ArgumentBuilder builder = new ArgumentBuilder();
 Argument color =
     builder.withName("color");
            .withValidator(new EnumValidator(values));
 

Version:

1.0.0

Author:

Digital Product Meta Library

Constructor Summary

EnumValidator(Set values)
Creates a new EnumValidator for the specified values.

Method Summary

Set	getValidValues() Returns the Set of valid argument values.
protected void	setValidValues(Set validValues) Specifies the Set of valid argument values.
void	validate(List values) Validate the list of values against the list of permitted values.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

EnumValidator

public EnumValidator(Set values)

Creates a new EnumValidator for the specified values.

Parameters:

values - The list of permitted values

Method Detail

validate

public void validate(List values)
              throws InvalidArgumentException

Validate the list of values against the list of permitted values.

Specified by:

validate in interface Validator

Parameters:

values - the list of values to validate

Throws:

InvalidArgumentException - if a value is invalid

See Also:

Validator.validate(java.util.List)

getValidValues

public Set getValidValues()

Returns the Set of valid argument values.

Returns:

Returns the Set of valid argument values.

setValidValues

protected void setValidValues(Set validValues)

Specifies the Set of valid argument values.

Parameters:

validValues - The Set of valid argument values.