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Interface DocumentFieldValidator

public interface DocumentFieldValidator

Document field validators validate a document field value as entered or selected by the end user.

Method Summary

String

validate(String value, User user) Performs field validation on user supplied input.

Method Detail

validate

String validate(String value,
                User user)

Performs field validation on user supplied input. Returns null if validation succeeds or an error string if validation fails.

Parameters:

value - the user supplied value. If no value has been provided by the user then the value should be null.

user - the user supplying the value, or null if anonymous.

Returns:

null if validation succeeds or an error string if validation fails.