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/* * Copyright 2006 Google Inc. * * 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.google.gwt.libideas.validation.client.validator; import com.google.gwt.libideas.validation.client.Subject; import com.google.gwt.libideas.validation.client.ValidationException; import com.google.gwt.libideas.validation.client.Validator; import java.util.Date; /** * Validator with some built in error messages. */ public abstract class BuiltInValidator extends Validator { /** * Build in messages for this validator. Validators should never setup their * own messages as it may be web based or server based. */ private static BuiltInValidatorMessages msgs; /** * Gets the build in error messages. */ public static BuiltInValidatorMessages getMessages() { return msgs; } /** * Sets the build in error messages. */ public static void setMessages(BuiltInValidatorMessages msgs) { BuiltInValidator.msgs = msgs; } /** * Convert strings to dates. */ public Date getDate(Subject v) throws ValidationException { Object answer = v.getValue(); if (answer instanceof Date || answer == null) { return (Date) answer; } else if (answer instanceof String) { if (((String) answer).trim().length() == 0) { return null; } try { return new Date((String) answer); } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) { throw new ValidationException( getMessages().badFormat(v.getLabel(), v.getValue().toString(), "9/99/9999")); } } else { throw new ValidationException( getMessages().badFormat(v.getLabel(), v.getValue().toString(), "9/99/9999")); } } }