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/* * Copyright 2015 Benedikt Ritter * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package com.github.britter.beanvalidators; import javax.validation.ConstraintValidator; import javax.validation.ConstraintValidatorContext; import javax.validation.ValidationException; import java.lang.reflect.Array; import java.util.Collection; import java.util.Map; import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils; public class EmptyConstraintValidator implements ConstraintValidator<Empty, Object> { @Override public void initialize(final Empty constraintAnnotation) { } @Override public boolean isValid(final Object value, final ConstraintValidatorContext context) { if (value == null) { return true; } else if (value instanceof String) { return StringUtils.isEmpty((String) value); } else if (value instanceof Collection) { return ((Collection) value).isEmpty(); } else if (value instanceof Map) { return ((Map) value).isEmpty(); } else if (value.getClass().isArray()) { return Array.getLength(value) == 0; } else { // Is this the correct behavior? throw new ValidationException("@Empty can not be applied to objects of type " + value.getClass()); } } }