RELEASE_2_1_13/src/blocks/forms/java/org/apache/cocoon/forms/validation/impl/AbstractJavaValidator.java

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package org.apache.cocoon.forms.validation.impl;

import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configurable;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration;
import org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.ConfigurationException;
import org.apache.cocoon.forms.FormsConstants;
import org.apache.cocoon.forms.util.DomHelper;
import org.apache.cocoon.forms.validation.ValidationError;
import org.apache.cocoon.util.ConfigurationUtil;
import org.apache.excalibur.xml.sax.XMLizable;
import org.w3c.dom.Element;

/**
 * Abstract base class for implementing an own Java validator which gets build by 
 * the {@link JavaClassValidatorBuilder}.
 *
 * @version $Id$
 */
public abstract class AbstractJavaValidator
    implements Configurable {

    protected ValidationError validationError;

    /**
     * @see org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configurable#configure(org.apache.avalon.framework.configuration.Configuration)
     */
    public void configure(Configuration config) throws ConfigurationException {
        final Element element = ConfigurationUtil.toElement(config);
        this.validationError = this.buildFailMessage(element);
    }

    /**
     * Checks if the validation rule configuration contains a custom failmessage, and if so,
     * sets it one the ValidationRule.
     */
    protected ValidationError buildFailMessage(Element validationRuleElement) {
        Element failMessageElement = DomHelper.getChildElement(validationRuleElement,
                                                               FormsConstants.DEFINITION_NS, "failmessage");
        if (failMessageElement != null) {
            XMLizable failMessage = DomHelper.compileElementContent(failMessageElement);
            return new ValidationError(failMessage);
        }
        return this.getDefaultFailMessage();
    }

    protected abstract ValidationError getDefaultFailMessage();
}