tapestry-core/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry5/validator/AbstractValidator.java

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package org.apache.tapestry5.validator;

import org.apache.tapestry5.Validator;

/**
 * Base class for constructing a {@link org.apache.tapestry5.Validator}.
 */
public abstract class AbstractValidator<C, T> implements Validator<C, T>
{
    private final Class<C> constraintType;

    private final Class<T> valueType;

    private final String messageKey;

    protected AbstractValidator(Class<C> constraintType, Class<T> valueType, String messageKey)
    {
        this.constraintType = constraintType;
        this.valueType = valueType;
        this.messageKey = messageKey;
    }

    public final Class<C> getConstraintType()
    {
        return constraintType;
    }

    public final Class<T> getValueType()
    {
        return valueType;
    }

    public String getMessageKey()
    {
        return messageKey;
    }

    public boolean isRequired()
    {
        return false;
    }
}