Package org.apache.commons.validator.routines.checkdigit

Class VerhoeffCheckDigit

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.validator.routines.checkdigit.VerhoeffCheckDigit

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, CheckDigit

public final class VerhoeffCheckDigit
extends java.lang.Object
implements CheckDigit, java.io.Serializable

Verhoeff (Dihedral) Check Digit calculation/validation.

Check digit calculation for numeric codes using a Dihedral Group of order 10.

See Wikipedia - Verhoeff algorithm for more details.

Since:

Validator 1.4

Version:

$Revision: 1739357 $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static CheckDigit	VERHOEFF_CHECK_DIGIT	Singleton Verhoeff Check Digit instance

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
VerhoeffCheckDigit()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
java.lang.String	calculate(java.lang.String code)	Calculate a Verhoeff Check Digit for a code.
boolean	isValid(java.lang.String code)	Validate the Verhoeff Check Digit for a code.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

VERHOEFF_CHECK_DIGIT

public static final CheckDigit VERHOEFF_CHECK_DIGIT

Singleton Verhoeff Check Digit instance

Constructor Detail

VerhoeffCheckDigit

public VerhoeffCheckDigit()

Method Detail

isValid

public boolean isValid(java.lang.String code)

Validate the Verhoeff Check Digit for a code.

Specified by:

isValid in interface CheckDigit

Parameters:

code - The code to validate

Returns:

true if the check digit is valid, otherwise false

calculate

public java.lang.String calculate(java.lang.String code)
                           throws CheckDigitException

Calculate a Verhoeff Check Digit for a code.

Specified by:

calculate in interface CheckDigit

Parameters:

code - The code to calculate the Check Digit for

Returns:

The calculated Check Digit

Throws:

CheckDigitException - if an error occurs calculating the check digit for the specified code