trunk/bval-jsr303/src/main/java/org/apache/bval/constraints/FutureValidatorForDate.java

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package org.apache.bval.constraints;

import javax.validation.ConstraintValidator;
import javax.validation.ConstraintValidatorContext;
import javax.validation.constraints.Future;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * Description: validate a date or calendar representing a date in the future <br/>
 */
public class FutureValidatorForDate implements ConstraintValidator<Future, Date> {

    public void initialize(Future annotation) {
    }

    public boolean isValid(Date date, ConstraintValidatorContext context) {
        return date == null || date.after(now());
    }

    /**
     * overwrite when you need a different algorithm for 'now'.
     *
     * @return current date/time
     */
    protected Date now() {
        return new Date();
    }
}