Package org.apache.commons.validator.util

Class ValidatorUtils

java.lang.Object

org.apache.commons.validator.util.ValidatorUtils

public class ValidatorUtils
extends Object

Basic utility methods.

The use of FastHashMap is deprecated and will be replaced in a future release.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ValidatorUtils()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static org.apache.commons.collections.FastHashMap	copyFastHashMap(org.apache.commons.collections.FastHashMap fastHashMap)	Deprecated. This method is not part of Validator's public API.
static Map<String,Object>	copyMap(Map<String,Object> map)	Makes a deep copy of a Map if the values are Msg, Arg, or Var.
static String	getValueAsString(Object bean, String property)	Convenience method for getting a value from a bean property as a String.
static String	replace(String value, String key, String replaceValue)	Replace part of a String with another value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

ValidatorUtils

public ValidatorUtils()

Method Details

copyFastHashMap

@Deprecated
public static org.apache.commons.collections.FastHashMap copyFastHashMap(org.apache.commons.collections.FastHashMap fastHashMap)

Deprecated.

This method is not part of Validator's public API. Validator will use it internally until FastHashMap references are removed. Use copyMap() instead.

Makes a deep copy of a FastHashMap if the values are Msg, Arg, or Var. Otherwise it is a shallow copy.

Parameters:

fastHashMap - FastHashMap to copy.

Returns:

FastHashMap A copy of the FastHashMap that was passed in.

copyMap

public static Map<String,Object> copyMap(Map<String,Object> map)

Makes a deep copy of a Map if the values are Msg, Arg, or Var. Otherwise, it is a shallow copy.

Parameters:

map - The source Map to copy.

Returns:

A copy of the Map that was passed in.

getValueAsString

public static String getValueAsString(Object bean,
 String property)

Convenience method for getting a value from a bean property as a String. If the property is a String[] or Collection and it is empty, an empty String "" is returned. Otherwise, property.toString() is returned. This method may return null if there was an error retrieving the property.

Parameters:

bean - The bean object.

property - The name of the property to access.

Returns:

The value of the property.

replace

public static String replace(String value,
 String key,
 String replaceValue)

Replace part of a String with another value.

Parameters:

value - String to perform the replacement on.

key - The name of the constant.

replaceValue - The value of the constant.

Returns:

The modified value.