UncertaintyValueValidator.java

/**
 * VStar: a statistical analysis tool for variable star data.
 * Copyright (C) 2009  AAVSO (http://www.aavso.org/)
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. 
 */
package org.aavso.tools.vstar.data.validation;

import org.aavso.tools.vstar.exception.ObservationValidationError;

/**
 * This class specialises magnitude value validator to handle
 * optional uncertainty values.
 */
public class UncertaintyValueValidator extends MagnitudeValueValidator {

	public UncertaintyValueValidator(RangePredicate rangePredicate) {
		super(rangePredicate);
		this.kind = "uncertainty";
	}
	
	public Double validate(String str) throws ObservationValidationError {
		if (this.isLegallyEmpty(str)) return null;
		return super.validate(str);
	}

	protected boolean canBeEmpty() {
		return true;
	}
}