org.pentaho.di.job.entry.validator

Interface JobEntryValidator

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFileValidator, AndValidator, EmailValidator, FileDoesNotExistValidator, FileExistsValidator, IntegerValidator, LongValidator, NotBlankValidator, NotNullValidator

public interface JobEntryValidator

The interface of a job entry validator.

Job entry validators can provide convenience methods for adding information to the validator context. Those methods should following a naming convention: putX where X is the name of the object being adding to the context. An example:

• ValidatorContext putSomeObject(Object someObject)
• void putSomeObject(ValidatorContext context, Object someObject)

Author:

mlowery

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	KEY_LEVEL_ON_FAIL

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getName() Returns the name of this validator, unique among all validators.
boolean	validate(org.pentaho.di.core.CheckResultSourceInterface source, String propertyName, List<org.pentaho.di.core.CheckResultInterface> remarks, ValidatorContext context) Using reflection, the validator fetches the field named propertyName from the bean source and runs the validation putting any messages into remarks.

Field Detail

KEY_LEVEL_ON_FAIL

static final String KEY_LEVEL_ON_FAIL

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

validate

boolean validate(org.pentaho.di.core.CheckResultSourceInterface source,
                 String propertyName,
                 List<org.pentaho.di.core.CheckResultInterface> remarks,
                 ValidatorContext context)

Using reflection, the validator fetches the field named propertyName from the bean source and runs the validation putting any messages into remarks. The return value is true if the validation passes.

Parameters:

source - bean to validate

propertyName - property to validate

remarks - list to which to add messages

context - any other information needed to perform the validation

Returns:

validation result

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of this validator, unique among all validators.

Returns:

name