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/* * Copyright 2012 Switchfly * * 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.switchfly.inputvalidation.validator; import java.util.regex.Pattern; import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils; public class PatternValidator extends Validator<String> { public static final int FLAGS = Pattern.DOTALL | Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE | Pattern.UNICODE_CASE | Pattern.MULTILINE; private final Pattern _pattern; public PatternValidator(String regex) { _pattern = Pattern.compile(regex, FLAGS); } public PatternValidator(Pattern pattern) { _pattern = pattern; } @Override public boolean execute(String content) { return StringUtils.isBlank(content) || _pattern.matcher(content).matches(); } }