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package com.evozon.evoportal.myaccount.builder.validators; import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils; import com.evozon.evoportal.myaccount.builder.ActionValidationResult; import com.evozon.evoportal.myaccount.builder.ValidationResult; public class LicensePlateValidator extends AbstractValidator { private static final String LICENSE_PLATE_INVALID_LENGTH_ERROR = "license-plate-invalid-length-error"; private static final String LICENSE_PLATE_INVALID_CHARACTERS_ERROR = "license-plate-invalid-characters-error"; private static final int MAX_LICENSE_PLATE_LENGTH = 50; private final String licensePlateToValidate; public LicensePlateValidator(final String licensePlate) { this.licensePlateToValidate = licensePlate; } public ValidationResult validate() { final ValidationResult res = new ActionValidationResult(); if (!isInputLengthValid(licensePlateToValidate, MAX_LICENSE_PLATE_LENGTH)) { res.addError( buildValidationMessage(LICENSE_PLATE_INVALID_LENGTH_ERROR, LICENSE_PLATE_INVALID_LENGTH_ERROR)); } final String trimLicensePlate = trimLicensePlate(); if (!isAlphaNumericInput(trimLicensePlate)) { res.addError(buildValidationMessage(LICENSE_PLATE_INVALID_CHARACTERS_ERROR, LICENSE_PLATE_INVALID_CHARACTERS_ERROR)); } return res; } private String trimLicensePlate() { String trimedLicensePalte = licensePlateToValidate.replaceAll("-", StringUtils.EMPTY); trimedLicensePalte = trimedLicensePalte.replaceAll(",", StringUtils.EMPTY); trimedLicensePalte = trimedLicensePalte.replaceAll(" ", StringUtils.EMPTY); return trimedLicensePalte; } protected String getCategory() { return AbstractValidator.PERSONAL_DETAILS_ERROR; } }