com.ibm.etools.iseries.edit.wizards.validator
Class ValidatorFieldType

java.lang.Object
  ValidatorSpecialChar
      com.ibm.etools.iseries.edit.wizards.validator.ValidatorFieldType

Direct Known Subclasses:

ValidatorConstantName, ValidatorConstantValue, ValidatorDataArea, ValidatorDSpecExternalName, ValidatorDSpecName, ValidatorInzValue, ValidatorProcedureName, ValidatorProcedureParameterName

public class ValidatorFieldType
extends ValidatorSpecialChar

This class is used in dialogs that prompt for a field type. The IInputValidator interface is used by jface's InputDialog class and numerous other platform and system classes.

Field Summary

static String	Copyright
static String	FIELDTYPE_INVALID_CHARS
static int	FIELDTYPE_MAXLENGTH_NAME
static String	reservedPage
static String[]	reservedWordsForDate

Constructor Summary

ValidatorFieldType(boolean emptyAllowed, String specialChars)
Constructor when a blank field name is ok

ValidatorFieldType(boolean emptyAllowed, SystemMessage emptyMessage, SystemMessage invalidMessage, String specialChars)
Constructor for subclasses, override it using different error messages

ValidatorFieldType(String specialChars)
Constructor when a blank name is not ok

Method Summary

protected String	doMessageSubstitution(SystemMessage msg, String substitution) Helper method to substitute data into a message
protected boolean	followNamingRule(String text)
int	getMaximumNameLength() Return the max number of chars for user ID: 128
boolean	isEmptyAllowed()
boolean	isReserved(String text)
boolean	isReservedForDate(String text)
boolean	isReservedForPage(String text)
SystemMessage	isSyntaxOk(String newText) We could do additional syntax checking here if we decide to.
String	isValid(String newText) Validate each character.
boolean	isValidChar(char ch)
void	setEmptyAllowed(boolean b)
void	setFunctionAllowed(boolean b)
void	setReservedAllowed(boolean b)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

Copyright

public static final String Copyright

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Constant Field Values

reservedWordsForDate

public static final String[] reservedWordsForDate

reservedPage

public static final String reservedPage

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Constant Field Values

FIELDTYPE_INVALID_CHARS

public static final String FIELDTYPE_INVALID_CHARS

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Constant Field Values

FIELDTYPE_MAXLENGTH_NAME

public static final int FIELDTYPE_MAXLENGTH_NAME

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

ValidatorFieldType

public ValidatorFieldType(String specialChars)

Constructor when a blank name is not ok

ValidatorFieldType

public ValidatorFieldType(boolean emptyAllowed,
                          String specialChars)

Constructor when a blank field name is ok

ValidatorFieldType

public ValidatorFieldType(boolean emptyAllowed,
                          SystemMessage emptyMessage,
                          SystemMessage invalidMessage,
                          String specialChars)

Constructor for subclasses, override it using different error messages

Method Detail

isSyntaxOk

public SystemMessage isSyntaxOk(String newText)

We could do additional syntax checking here if we decide to. This method is called by parent class if all other error checking passes.

getMaximumNameLength

public int getMaximumNameLength()

Return the max number of chars for user ID: 128

isValid

public String isValid(String newText)

Validate each character.

followNamingRule

protected boolean followNamingRule(String text)

isValidChar

public boolean isValidChar(char ch)

isReserved

public boolean isReserved(String text)

isReservedForDate

public boolean isReservedForDate(String text)

isReservedForPage

public boolean isReservedForPage(String text)

isEmptyAllowed

public boolean isEmptyAllowed()

Returns:

setEmptyAllowed

public void setEmptyAllowed(boolean b)

Parameters:

b -

setReservedAllowed

public void setReservedAllowed(boolean b)

Parameters:

b -

setFunctionAllowed

public void setFunctionAllowed(boolean b)

Parameters:

b -

doMessageSubstitution

protected String doMessageSubstitution(SystemMessage msg,
                                       String substitution)

Helper method to substitute data into a message