org.datamanager.constraint
Class StringValueMatchesConstraint

java.lang.Object
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  +--org.datamanager.kernel.AbstractEntityConstraint
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        +--org.datamanager.constraint.StringValueMatchesConstraint

All Implemented Interfaces:

Constraint, EntityConstraint, EntityValue, Serializable

public class StringValueMatchesConstraint

extends AbstractEntityConstraint

Matches a StringEntityValue with a given regular expression.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

See Also:

Pattern, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.datamanager.kernel.AbstractEntityConstraint

DEBUG_ACCEPTS_MESSAGE

Fields inherited from interface org.datamanager.constraint.EntityConstraint

NONE

Constructor Summary

StringValueMatchesConstraint(Pattern pattern)
Creates a new StringValueMatchesConstraint with the given pattern.

StringValueMatchesConstraint(String patternString)
Creates a new StringValueMatchesConstraint with the given pattern.

Method Summary

protected boolean

describes(Entity defendant) The method required by this class.

Methods inherited from class org.datamanager.kernel.AbstractEntityConstraint

accepts

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StringValueMatchesConstraint

public StringValueMatchesConstraint(Pattern pattern)

Creates a new StringValueMatchesConstraint with the given pattern.

StringValueMatchesConstraint

public StringValueMatchesConstraint(String patternString)

Creates a new StringValueMatchesConstraint with the given pattern.

Method Detail

describes

protected boolean describes(Entity defendant)
                     throws DataManagerException

Description copied from class: AbstractEntityConstraint

The method required by this class. This method has the exact same semantics as the interface EntityConstraint's accepts() method.

Specified by:

describes in class AbstractEntityConstraint

Parameters:

defendant - An entity to check.

Returns:

Whether the entity is acceptable or not.

DataManagerException