org.omnifaces.component.validator

Class ValidateMultipleFields

java.lang.Object

javax.faces.component.UIComponent

javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase

org.omnifaces.component.validator.ValidatorFamily

org.omnifaces.component.validator.ValidateMultipleFields

All Implemented Interfaces:

EventListener, PartialStateHolder, StateHolder, TransientStateHolder, ComponentSystemEventListener, FacesListener, SystemEventListenerHolder, MultiFieldValidator

Direct Known Subclasses:

ValidateAll, ValidateAllOrNone, ValidateEqual, ValidateMultiple, ValidateOne, ValidateOneOrMore, ValidateOneOrNone, ValidateOrder, ValidateUnique

public abstract class ValidateMultipleFields
extends ValidatorFamily
implements MultiFieldValidator

Base class which is to be shared between all multi field validators. The implementors have to call the super constructor with the default message. The implementors have to override the MultiFieldValidator.validateValues(FacesContext, List, List) method to perform the actual validation.

General usage of all multiple field validators

This validator must be placed inside the same UIForm as the UIInput components in question. The UIInput components must be referenced by a space separated collection of their client IDs in the components attribute. This validator can be placed anywhere in the form, but keep in mind that the components will be validated in the order as they appear in the form. So if this validator is been placed before all of the components, then it will be executed before any of the component's own validators. If this validator fails, then the component's own validators will not be fired. If this validator is been placed after all of the components, then it will be executed after any of the component's own validators. If any of them fails, then this validator will not be exeucted. It is not recommended to put this validator somewhere in between the referenced components as the resulting behaviour may be confusing. Put this validator either before or after all of the components, depending on how you would like to prioritize the validation.

 <o:validateMultipleFields id="myId" components="foo bar baz" />
 <h:message for="myId" />
 <h:inputText id="foo" />
 <h:inputText id="bar" />
 <h:inputText id="baz" />
 

When a target component is disabled="true", readonly="true" or rendered="false", then the values argument of MultiFieldValidator.validateValues(FacesContext, List, List), will instead contain the initial model value. This is quite useful when you need to validate against an existing model.

By default, in an invalidating case, all of the referenced components will be marked invalid and a faces message will be added on the client ID of this validator component. The default message can be changed by the message attribute. Any "{0}" placeholder in the message will be substituted with a comma separated string of labels of the referenced input components.

 <o:validateMultipleFields components="foo bar baz" message="{0} are wrong!" />
 

You can also change the default message in the message bundle file as identified by <application><message-bundle> in faces-config.xml. The message key is just the component type as identified by COMPONENT_TYPE constant of the validator component. For example, ValidateAll has a ValidateAll.COMPONENT_TYPE value of org.omnifaces.component.validator.ValidateAll. Use exactly this value as message bundle key:

 org.omnifaces.component.validator.ValidateAll = {0} are wrong!
 

You can use invalidateAll="false" to mark only those components which are actually invalid as invalid. In case of for example "input all" or "input all or none" validation, that would be only the fields which are left empty.

 <o:validateMultipleFields components="foo bar baz" message="{0} are wrong!" invalidateAll="false" />
 

The faces message can also be shown for all of the referenced components using showMessageFor="@all".

 <o:validateMultipleFields components="foo bar baz" message="This is wrong!" showMessageFor="@all" />
 <h:inputText id="foo" />
 <h:message for="foo" />
 <h:inputText id="bar" />
 <h:message for="bar" />
 <h:inputText id="baz" />
 <h:message for="baz" />
 

The faces message can also be shown for only the invalidated components using showMessageFor="@invalid".

 <o:validateMultipleFields components="foo bar baz" message="This is wrong!" showMessageFor="@invalid" />
 

The faces message can also be shown as global message using showMessageFor="@global".

 <o:validateMultipleFields components="foo bar baz" message="This is wrong!" showMessageFor="@global" />
 

The faces message can also be shown for specific components referenced by a space separated collection of their client IDs in showMessageFor attribute.

 <o:validateMultipleFields components="foo bar baz" message="This is wrong!" showMessageFor="foo baz" />
 

The showMessageFor attribute defaults to @this.

The validator can be disabled by the disabled attribute. It accepts a request based EL expression.

 <o:validateMultipleFields components="foo bar baz" disabled="#{param.validationDisabled}" />
 

There is a read-only validationFailed attribute which can be used to determine if the validation by this component has failed.

 <o:validateMultipleFields id="myId" binding="#{myId}" components="foo bar baz" />
 <h:panelGroup rendered="#{myId.validationFailed}">
     Validation has failed! <h:message for="myId" />
 </h:panelGroup>
 

TODO: support for immediate="true".

Author:

Bauke Scholtz

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.omnifaces.component.validator.ValidatorFamily

COMPONENT_FAMILY

Fields inherited from class javax.faces.component.UIComponent

ATTRS_WITH_DECLARED_DEFAULT_VALUES, BEANINFO_KEY, bindings, COMPOSITE_COMPONENT_TYPE_KEY, COMPOSITE_FACET_NAME, CURRENT_COMPONENT, CURRENT_COMPOSITE_COMPONENT, FACETS_KEY, HONOR_CURRENT_COMPONENT_ATTRIBUTES_PARAM_NAME, VIEW_LOCATION_KEY

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ValidateMultipleFields() The default constructor sets the default message and sets the renderer type to null.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected List<UIInput>	collectComponents() Collect the input components.
protected List<Object>	collectValues(List<UIInput> inputs) Collect the values of the given input components.
String	getComponents() Returns the client identifiers of components which are to be validated.
String	getMessage() Returns the validation message to be shown.
String	getShowMessageFor() Returns the client identifiers to show the validation message for.
boolean	isDisabled() Returns whether the validation should be disabled or not.
boolean	isInvalidateAll() Returns whether to invalidate all fields or only those which are actually invalid as per shouldInvalidateInput(FacesContext, UIInput, Object)
boolean	isValidationFailed() Returns whether the validation has failed or not.
void	setComponents(String components) Sets the client identifiers of components which are to be validated.
void	setDisabled(boolean disabled) Sets whether the validation should be disabled or not.
void	setInvalidateAll(boolean invalidateAll) Sets whether to invalidate all fields or only those which are actually invalid as per shouldInvalidateInput(FacesContext, UIInput, Object)
void	setMessage(String message) Sets the validation message to be shown.
void	setShowMessageFor(String showMessageFor) Sets the client identifiers to show the validation message for.
protected boolean	shouldInvalidateInput(FacesContext context, UIInput input, Object value) Returns whether in in an invalidating case the given input component should be marked invalid.
protected void	showMessage(FacesContext context, List<UIInput> inputs) Show the message at the desired place(s) depending on the value of the showMessageFor attribute.
protected void	validateComponents(FacesContext context) If the validation is not disabled, collect the components, if it is not empty, then collect their values and delegate to MultiFieldValidator.validateValues(FacesContext, List, List).
protected void	validateHierarchy() Validate our component hierarchy.

Methods inherited from class org.omnifaces.component.validator.ValidatorFamily

encodeChildren, getFamily, getRendersChildren, processDecodes, processUpdates, processValidators

Methods inherited from class javax.faces.component.UIComponentBase

addClientBehavior, addFacesListener, broadcast, clearInitialState, decode, encodeBegin, encodeEnd, findComponent, getAttributes, getChildCount, getChildren, getClientBehaviors, getClientId, getDefaultEventName, getEventNames, getFacesContext, getFacesListeners, getFacet, getFacetCount, getFacets, getFacetsAndChildren, getId, getListenersForEventClass, getParent, getPassThroughAttributes, getRenderer, getRendererType, getValueBinding, invokeOnComponent, isRendered, isTransient, markInitialState, processRestoreState, processSaveState, queueEvent, removeFacesListener, restoreAttachedState, restoreState, saveAttachedState, saveState, setId, setParent, setRendered, setRendererType, setTransient, setValueBinding, subscribeToEvent, unsubscribeFromEvent

Methods inherited from class javax.faces.component.UIComponent

encodeAll, getClientId, getCompositeComponentParent, getContainerClientId, getCurrentComponent, getCurrentCompositeComponent, getNamingContainer, getPassThroughAttributes, getResourceBundleMap, getStateHelper, getStateHelper, getTransientStateHelper, getTransientStateHelper, getValueExpression, initialStateMarked, isCompositeComponent, isInView, isVisitable, popComponentFromEL, processEvent, pushComponentToEL, restoreTransientState, saveTransientState, setInView, setValueExpression, visitTree

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Methods inherited from interface org.omnifaces.validator.MultiFieldValidator

validateValues

Constructor Detail

ValidateMultipleFields

public ValidateMultipleFields()

The default constructor sets the default message and sets the renderer type to null.

Method Detail

validateHierarchy

protected void validateHierarchy()

Validate our component hierarchy.

Specified by:

validateHierarchy in class ValidatorFamily

Throws:

IllegalStateException - When there is no parent of type UIForm, or when there are any children.

validateComponents

protected void validateComponents(FacesContext context)

If the validation is not disabled, collect the components, if it is not empty, then collect their values and delegate to MultiFieldValidator.validateValues(FacesContext, List, List). If it returns false, then mark all inputs and the faces context invalid and finally delegate to showMessage(FacesContext, List) to show the message.

Specified by:

validateComponents in class ValidatorFamily

Parameters:

context - The faces context to work with.

collectComponents

protected List<UIInput> collectComponents()

Collect the input components. Only those which are an instance of UIInput, are rendered, not disabled nor readonly will be returned. If at least one of them has already been validated and is been marked invalid, then an empty collection will be returned.

Returns:

The input components.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - When the components attribute is missing, or when it references an non-existing component, or when it references a non-input component.

collectValues

protected List<Object> collectValues(List<UIInput> inputs)

Collect the values of the given input components.

Parameters:

inputs - The input components to collect values from.

Returns:

The values of the given input components.

shouldInvalidateInput

protected boolean shouldInvalidateInput(FacesContext context,
                                        UIInput input,
                                        Object value)

Returns whether in in an invalidating case the given input component should be marked invalid. The default implementation returns true, meaning that all input components should be invalidated in an invalidating case. The overriding implementation may choose to return false for example when the value is empty, such as ValidateAllOrNone.

Parameters:

context - The faces context to work with.

input - The input component which may need to be invalidated.

value - The value of the input component.

Returns:

Whether in in an invalidating case the given input component should be marked invalid

Since:

1.7

showMessage

protected void showMessage(FacesContext context,
                           List<UIInput> inputs)

Show the message at the desired place(s) depending on the value of the showMessageFor attribute.

• @this: message will be added to the <h:message> for this component.
• @all: message will be added to all components as specified in components attribute.
• Any other value in a space separated collection will be treated as client ID of UIInput component.

Parameters:

context - The faces context to work with.

inputs - The validated input components.

getComponents

public String getComponents()

Returns the client identifiers of components which are to be validated.

Returns:

The client identifiers of components which are to be validated.

setComponents

public void setComponents(String components)

Sets the client identifiers of components which are to be validated.

Parameters:

components - The client identifiers of components which are to be validated.

isInvalidateAll

public boolean isInvalidateAll()

Returns whether to invalidate all fields or only those which are actually invalid as per shouldInvalidateInput(FacesContext, UIInput, Object)

Returns:

Whether to invalidate all fields or only those which are actually invalid.

Since:

1.7

setInvalidateAll

public void setInvalidateAll(boolean invalidateAll)

Sets whether to invalidate all fields or only those which are actually invalid as per shouldInvalidateInput(FacesContext, UIInput, Object)

Parameters:

invalidateAll - Whether to invalidate all fields or only those which are actually invalid.

Since:

1.7

getMessage

public String getMessage()

Returns the validation message to be shown.

Returns:

The validation message to be shown.

setMessage

public void setMessage(String message)

Sets the validation message to be shown.

Parameters:

message - The validation message to be shown.

getShowMessageFor

public String getShowMessageFor()

Returns the client identifiers to show the validation message for.

Returns:

The client identifiers to show the validation message for.

setShowMessageFor

public void setShowMessageFor(String showMessageFor)

Sets the client identifiers to show the validation message for.

Parameters:

showMessageFor - The client identifiers to show the validation message for.

isDisabled

public boolean isDisabled()

Returns whether the validation should be disabled or not.

Returns:

Whether the validation should be disabled or not.

setDisabled

public void setDisabled(boolean disabled)

Sets whether the validation should be disabled or not.

Parameters:

disabled - Whether the validation should be disabled or not.

isValidationFailed

public boolean isValidationFailed()

Returns whether the validation has failed or not.

Returns:

Whether the validation has failed or not.

Since:

1.3