eu.europa.ec.taxud.validation

Class ValidationHandler

java.lang.Object

eu.europa.ec.taxud.handler.AbstractHandler

eu.europa.ec.taxud.validation.ValidationHandler

public abstract class ValidationHandler
extends AbstractHandler

ValidationHandler is dedicated validation handler for content type. A handler specifies how to validate a message type it can handle.

Version:

$Revision: 1 $

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
ValidationHandler()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected void	additionalAttributesProcess(ValidationContext context, ValidationRequest validationRequest)	Process the information contains in Additional Attributes of the request.
List<String>	getAvailableBusinessRules(ValidationContext context)	Gets available business rules.
Properties	getConfig()	Return the configuration.
abstract String	handleErrors(ValidationContext context)	Generic method that creates a string representation of the errors
boolean	initContext(ValidationContext context)	Generic Init method to initialize the ValidationContext component (such as Validator, Reader).
boolean	initContext(ValidationContext context, ValidationRequest validationRequest)	Initialise ValidationContext based on ValidationRequest of the EVM interfaces.
abstract ValidationInput	initInput(String[] args)	Creates a ValidationInput according to the arguments provided (i.e.
String	process(ValidationInput input, ValidationContext context)	Process a ValidationInput with a specific ValidationContext.

Methods inherited from class eu.europa.ec.taxud.handler.AbstractHandler

initContext, isApplicationDomainSupported, loadConfig, printHelp, validateContext

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValidationHandler

public ValidationHandler()

Method Detail

initContext

public boolean initContext(ValidationContext context)
                    throws ValidationException

Generic Init method to initialize the ValidationContext component (such as Validator, Reader).

Overrides:

initContext in class AbstractHandler

Parameters:

context - Validation context

Returns:

boolean Is the handler applicable for input message

Throws:

ValidationException - Initialisation exception

process

public String process(ValidationInput input,
                      ValidationContext context)
               throws ValidationException

Process a ValidationInput with a specific ValidationContext.

Parameters:

input - The input message to validate

context - The validation context

Returns:

the validation result

Throws:

ValidationException - Validation exception

handleErrors

public abstract String handleErrors(ValidationContext context)

Generic method that creates a string representation of the errors

Parameters:

context - the validation context containing the errors

Returns:

the errors as string

getConfig

public Properties getConfig()

Return the configuration.

Returns:

Properties The handler configuration.

initInput

public abstract ValidationInput initInput(String[] args)

Creates a ValidationInput according to the arguments provided (i.e. filename of the xml to be validated)

Parameters:

args - the arguments provided by the user

Returns:

the validation input

initContext

public boolean initContext(ValidationContext context,
                           ValidationRequest validationRequest)

Initialise ValidationContext based on ValidationRequest of the EVM interfaces. Initialises the context for this validator according the provided arguments.

Parameters:

context - The validation context

validationRequest - the request

Returns:

true if the context is initialized

additionalAttributesProcess

protected void additionalAttributesProcess(ValidationContext context,
                                           ValidationRequest validationRequest)

Process the information contains in Additional Attributes of the request.

Parameters:

context - the context

validationRequest - the request

getAvailableBusinessRules

public List<String> getAvailableBusinessRules(ValidationContext context)

Gets available business rules.

Parameters:

context - the context

Returns:

the available business rules