org.apache.commons.validator
Class ValidatorUtil

java.lang.Object
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public class ValidatorUtil

extends java.lang.Object

Basic utility methods.

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $ $Date: 2002/12/15 21:46:41 $

Author:

David Winterfeldt

Field Summary

protected static org.apache.commons.logging.Log

log Logger

Constructor Summary

ValidatorUtil()

Method Summary

static org.apache.commons.collections.FastHashMap	copyFastHashMap(org.apache.commons.collections.FastHashMap map) Makes a deep copy of a FastHashMap if the values are String, Msg, Arg, or Var.
static java.lang.String	getValueAsString(java.lang.Object bean, java.lang.String property) Convenience method for getting a value from a bean property as a String.
static java.lang.String	replace(java.lang.String value, java.lang.String key, java.lang.String replaceValue) Replace part of a String with another value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

log

protected static org.apache.commons.logging.Log log

Logger

Constructor Detail

ValidatorUtil

public ValidatorUtil()

Method Detail

replace

public static java.lang.String replace(java.lang.String value,
                                       java.lang.String key,
                                       java.lang.String replaceValue)

Replace part of a String with another value.

Parameters:

value - String to perform the replacement on.

key - The name of the constant.

replaceValue - The value of the constant.

getValueAsString

public static java.lang.String getValueAsString(java.lang.Object bean,
                                                java.lang.String property)

Convenience method for getting a value from a bean property as a String.

copyFastHashMap

public static org.apache.commons.collections.FastHashMap copyFastHashMap(org.apache.commons.collections.FastHashMap map)

Makes a deep copy of a FastHashMap if the values are String, Msg, Arg, or Var. Otherwise it is a shallow copy.

Parameters:

map - FastHashMap to copy.

Returns:

FastHashMap A copy of the FastHashMap that was passed in.