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javax.faces.webapp

public Class ValidatorTag

extends TagSupport
Class Inheritance
Imports
javax.el.ValueExpression, javax.faces.component.EditableValueHolder, .UIComponent, javax.faces.context.FacesContext, javax.faces.validator.Validator, javax.servlet.jsp.JspException, javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport

Deprecated

This has been partially replaced by ValidatorELTag. The remainder of the functionality, namely, the binding facility and the implementation of the createValidator method, is now an implementation detail.

ValidatorTag is a base class for all JSP custom actions that create and register a Validator instance on the EditableValueHolder associated with our most immediate surrounding instance of a tag whose implementation class is a subclass of UIComponentTag. To avoid creating duplicate instances when a page is redisplayed, creation and registration of a Validator occurs only if the corresponding UIComponent was created (by the owning UIComponentTag) during the execution of the current page.

This class may be used directly to implement a generic validator registration tag (based on the validator-id specified by the id attribute), or as a base class for tag instances that support specific Validator subclasses. This id attribute must refer to one of the well known validator-ids, or a custom validator-id as defined in a faces-config.xml file.

Subclasses of this class must implement the createValidator() method, which creates and returns a Validator instance. Any configuration properties that specify the limits to be enforced by this Validator must have been set by the createValidator() method. Generally, this occurs by copying corresponding attribute values on the tag instance.

This tag creates no output to the page currently being created. It is used solely for the side effect of Validator creation.

Field Summary

Modifier and TypeField and Description
private String
binding

The ValueExpression that evaluates to an object that implements Validator.

private static final long
private String
validatorId

The identifier of the Validator instance to be created.

Inherited from javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport:
idpageContext

Constructor Summary

AccessConstructor and Description
public

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
protected Validator<T>

Returns:

the created Validator
createValidator
()

Create and return a new Validator to be registered on our surrounding UIComponent.

public int
doStartTag()

Overrides javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport.doStartTag.

Implements javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag.doStartTag.

Create a new instance of the specified Validator class, and register it with the UIComponent instance associated with our most immediately surrounding UIComponentTag instance, if the UIComponent instance was created by this execution of the containing JSP page.

public void
release()

Overrides javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport.release.

Implements javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag.release.

Release references to any acquired resources.

public void
setBinding(String
The new expression
binding
)

Set the expression that will be used to create a ValueExpression that references a backing bean property of the Validator instance to be created.

public void
setValidatorId(String
The new identifier of the validator instance to be created.
validatorId
)

Set the identifer of the Validator instance to be created.

Inherited from javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport:
doAfterBodydoEndTagfindAncestorWithClassgetIdgetParentgetValuegetValuesremoveValuesetIdsetPageContextsetParentsetValue

Field Detail

bindingback to summary
private String binding

The ValueExpression that evaluates to an object that implements Validator.

serialVersionUIDback to summary
private static final long serialVersionUID
validatorIdback to summary
private String validatorId

The identifier of the Validator instance to be created.

Constructor Detail

ValidatorTagback to summary
public ValidatorTag()

Method Detail

createValidatorback to summary
protected Validator<T> createValidator() throws JspException

Create and return a new Validator to be registered on our surrounding UIComponent.

Returns:Validator<T>

the created Validator

Exceptions
JspException:
if a new instance cannot be created
doStartTagback to summary
public int doStartTag() throws JspException

Overrides javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport.doStartTag.

Implements javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag.doStartTag.

Create a new instance of the specified Validator class, and register it with the UIComponent instance associated with our most immediately surrounding UIComponentTag instance, if the UIComponent instance was created by this execution of the containing JSP page.

Returns:int

Doc from javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport.doStartTag.

SKIP_BODY

Annotations
@Override
Exceptions
JspException:
if a JSP error occurs
releaseback to summary
public void release()

Overrides javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.TagSupport.release.

Implements javax.servlet.jsp.tagext.Tag.release.

Release references to any acquired resources.

Annotations
@Override
setBindingback to summary
public void setBinding(String binding) throws JspException

Set the expression that will be used to create a ValueExpression that references a backing bean property of the Validator instance to be created.

Parameters
binding:String

The new expression

Exceptions
JspException:
if a JSP error occurs
setValidatorIdback to summary
public void setValidatorId(String validatorId)

Set the identifer of the Validator instance to be created.

Parameters
validatorId:String

The new identifier of the validator instance to be created.