com.sptci.echo.annotation

Annotation Type Constraints

@Documented
 @Inherited
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Target(value=FIELD)
public @interface Constraints

Annotation type used to list the constraints on view components. These may be used to perform automatic checking of user input on view components.

© Copyright 2007 Sans Pareil Technologies, Inc.

Version:

$Id: Constraints.java 4953 2010-03-11 17:45:58Z rakesh $

Author:

Rakesh Vidyadharan 2007-05-02

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Fields and Description
static String	NULL A constant to represent null value as default.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
String	confirm The name of a field used to confirm the value entered in this field.
String	regex The regular expression to be applied to check validity of the field.
Constraints.Value	value The constraint to be applied to the field.

Field Detail

NULL

public static final String NULL

A constant to represent null value as default.

Element Detail

value

public abstract Constraints.Value value

The constraint to be applied to the field.

Returns:

The enumerated value that represents the constraint.

Default:

com.sptci.echo.annotation.Constraints.Value.NULL

regex

public abstract String regex

The regular expression to be applied to check validity of the field.

Returns:

The regular expression that may be compiled through Pattern.

Default:

""

confirm

public abstract String confirm

The name of a field used to confirm the value entered in this field. Used typically to confirm the value of password, e-mail address etc. For example if this annotation is for a field named password1 and the additional field in which the confirmation is entered is named password2 this value would be set to password2.

Returns:

The name of the confirmation field.

Default:

""