Package org.apache.commons.validator.util

Class ValidatorUtils

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.validator.util.ValidatorUtils

public class ValidatorUtils
extends java.lang.Object

Basic utility methods.

The use of FastHashMap is deprecated and will be replaced in a future release.

Version:

$Revision: 1739361 $

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ValidatorUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static org.apache.commons.collections.FastHashMap	copyFastHashMap(org.apache.commons.collections.FastHashMap map)	Deprecated. This method is not part of Validator's public API.
static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>	copyMap(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> map)	Makes a deep copy of a Map if the values are Msg, Arg, or Var.
static java.lang.String	getValueAsString(java.lang.Object bean, java.lang.String property)	Convenience method for getting a value from a bean property as a String.
static java.lang.String	replace(java.lang.String value, java.lang.String key, java.lang.String replaceValue)	Replace part of a String with another value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValidatorUtils

public ValidatorUtils()

Method Detail

replace

public static java.lang.String replace(java.lang.String value,
                                       java.lang.String key,
                                       java.lang.String replaceValue)

Replace part of a String with another value.

Parameters:

value - String to perform the replacement on.

key - The name of the constant.

replaceValue - The value of the constant.

Returns:

The modified value.

getValueAsString

public static java.lang.String getValueAsString(java.lang.Object bean,
                                                java.lang.String property)

Convenience method for getting a value from a bean property as a String. If the property is a String[] or Collection and it is empty, an empty String "" is returned. Otherwise, property.toString() is returned. This method may return null if there was an error retrieving the property.

Parameters:

bean - The bean object.

property - The name of the property to access.

Returns:

The value of the property.

copyFastHashMap

@Deprecated
public static org.apache.commons.collections.FastHashMap copyFastHashMap(org.apache.commons.collections.FastHashMap map)

Deprecated.

This method is not part of Validator's public API. Validator will use it internally until FastHashMap references are removed. Use copyMap() instead.

Makes a deep copy of a FastHashMap if the values are Msg, Arg, or Var. Otherwise it is a shallow copy.

Parameters:

map - FastHashMap to copy.

Returns:

FastHashMap A copy of the FastHashMap that was passed in.

copyMap

public static java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> copyMap(java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> map)

Makes a deep copy of a Map if the values are Msg, Arg, or Var. Otherwise, it is a shallow copy.

Parameters:

map - The source Map to copy.

Returns:

A copy of the Map that was passed in.