1 /* 2 * Copyright 2002-2005 the original author or authors. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 17 package org.springframework.validation; 18 19 /** 20 * Strategy interface for building message codes from validation error codes. 21 * Used by DataBinder to build the codes list for ObjectErrors and FieldErrors. 22 * 23 * <p>The resulting message codes correspond to the codes of a 24 * MessageSourceResolvable (as implemented by ObjectError and FieldError). 25 * 26 * @author Juergen Hoeller 27 * @since 1.0.1 28 * @see DataBinder#setMessageCodesResolver 29 * @see ObjectError 30 * @see FieldError 31 * @see org.springframework.context.MessageSourceResolvable#getCodes() 32 */ 33 public interface MessageCodesResolver { 34 35 /** 36 * Build message codes for the given error code and object name. 37 * Used for building the codes list of an ObjectError. 38 * @param errorCode the error code used for rejecting the object 39 * @param objectName the name of the object 40 * @return the message codes to use 41 */ 42 String[] resolveMessageCodes(String errorCode, String objectName); 43 44 /** 45 * Build message codes for the given error code and field specification. 46 * Used for building the codes list of an FieldError. 47 * @param errorCode the error code used for rejecting the value 48 * @param objectName the name of the object 49 * @param field the field name 50 * @param fieldType the field type (may be <code>null</code> if not determinable) 51 * @return the message codes to use 52 */ 53 String[] resolveMessageCodes(String errorCode, String objectName, String field, Class fieldType); 54 55 } 56