Package org.aavso.tools.vstar.data.validation

Class CompStarValidator

java.lang.Object

org.aavso.tools.vstar.data.validation.AbstractStringValidator<String>

org.aavso.tools.vstar.data.validation.CompStarValidator

public class CompStarValidator
extends AbstractStringValidator<String>

This is a validator for comparison star (1 and 2) field values.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.aavso.tools.vstar.data.validation.AbstractStringValidator

kind

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
CompStarValidator()	Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected boolean	canBeEmpty()	Can the string to be validated by this class be empty? Defaults to false.
String	validate(String str)	Validate the supplied string, throwing an exception on failure.

Methods inherited from class org.aavso.tools.vstar.data.validation.AbstractStringValidator

isLegallyEmpty

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

CompStarValidator

public CompStarValidator()

Constructor.

Method Details

validate

public String validate(String str)
                throws ObservationValidationError

Description copied from class: AbstractStringValidator

Validate the supplied string, throwing an exception on failure.

Specified by:

validate in class AbstractStringValidator<String>

Parameters:

str - The string to be validated.

Throws:

ObservationValidationError - , ObservationValidationWarning

canBeEmpty

protected boolean canBeEmpty()

Description copied from class: AbstractStringValidator

Can the string to be validated by this class be empty? Defaults to false.

Overrides:

canBeEmpty in class AbstractStringValidator<String>

Returns:

True or False