com.jcorporate.expresso.services.validation
Interface ValidationHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

ApproveRegistrationValidator, ChangePasswordValidator, LoginEmailValidator

public interface ValidationHandler

Applications that need to use the validation framework must implement this interface. This interface could either be implemented as a standalone class, or a controller could implement this interface directly as well. Creation date: (9/23/2001 9:32:19 PM) Author: Shash Chatterjee

Method Summary

void	notify(Hashtable params, String URL) This method is used to allow the application-specific handler to notify the "validator(s)" of an action they need to take.
ControllerResponse	validated(Hashtable params, ControllerRequest request, ControllerResponse response, Controller ctlr) This method is used to complete the application-specific action after the validation is successful.

Method Detail

notify

public void notify(Hashtable params,
                   String URL)
            throws AuthValidationException

This method is used to allow the application-specific handler to notify the "validator(s)" of an action they need to take. This method is called by ValidationJob when a new validation request is submitted. Creation date: (9/23/2001 2:24:30 PM) Author: Shash Chatterjee

Parameters:

params - All the application-specific parameters from the validation request

URL - The link that the user will click on to validate the request

Throws:

AuthValidationException

See Also:

ValidationJob

validated

public ControllerResponse validated(Hashtable params,
                                    ControllerRequest request,
                                    ControllerResponse response,
                                    Controller ctlr)
                             throws ControllerException,
                                    NonHandleableException

This method is used to complete the application-specific action after the validation is successful. This method is called by ValidationController after a validation code matches that stored in the validation entry. Creation date: (9/23/2001 2:24:30 PM) Author: Shash Chatterjee

Parameters:

params - All the application-specific parameters from the validation request

request - the ControllerRequest object

response - The controller response from the runValidationState of ValidationController

ctlr - The ValidationController instance

Returns:

ControllerResponse object

Throws:

ControllerException - upon error

NonHandleableException - upon fatal error

See Also:

ValidationController