blackboard.data
Class ValidationWarning

java.lang.Object
  blackboard.data.ValidationWarning

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class ValidationWarning
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

Class used to encapsulate data validity violations. This object is created and added to a ValidationException, which can chain multiple ValidationWarnings together to give a complete list of errors for any given data operation.

Since:

Bb 5.5

Version:

$Revision: #1 $ $Date: 2005/06/27 $

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ValidationWarning(java.lang.String error)
Instantiates a warning with the specified error message; there is no distinction between constraint and error when instantiated this way.

ValidationWarning(java.lang.String error, java.lang.String constraint)
Instantiates a warning with the specified error for the specified constraint.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getConstraint() Returns the description of the constraint.
java.lang.String	getError() Returns the description of the error.
java.lang.String	toString() Returns a string representation of this warning.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValidationWarning

public ValidationWarning(java.lang.String error,
                         java.lang.String constraint)

Instantiates a warning with the specified error for the specified constraint. For example,

   vw = new ValidationWarning("Field length exceeded.", "User name must be less than 50 characters.");
 

Parameters:

error - The condition in violation of the object's integrity rules.

constraint - The integrity rule that has been violated.

ValidationWarning

public ValidationWarning(java.lang.String error)

Instantiates a warning with the specified error message; there is no distinction between constraint and error when instantiated this way.

Parameters:

error - String to display

Method Detail

getError

public java.lang.String getError()

Returns the description of the error.

getConstraint

public java.lang.String getConstraint()

Returns the description of the constraint.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Returns a string representation of this warning.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

String in the form warning. constraint