org.apache.commons.validator.util
Class ValidatorUtils
java.lang.Objectorg.apache.commons.validator.util.ValidatorUtils
public class ValidatorUtils
extends java.lang.Object
Basic utility methods.
The use of FastHashMap is deprecated and will be replaced in a future
release.
$Revision: 478334 $ $Date: 2006-11-22 21:31:54 +0000 (Wed, 22 Nov 2006) $static FastHashMap | copyFastHashMap(FastHashMap map)- This method is not part of Validator's public API.
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static Map | copyMap(Map map)- Makes a deep copy of a
Map if the values are
Msg, Arg, or Var.
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static String | getValueAsString(Object bean, String property)- Convenience method for getting a value from a bean property as a
String.
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static String | replace(String value, String key, String replaceValue)- Replace part of a
String with another value.
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copyFastHashMap
public static FastHashMap copyFastHashMap(FastHashMap map)
This method is not part of Validator's public API. Validator
will use it internally until FastHashMap references are removed. Use
copyMap() instead.
Makes a deep copy of a FastHashMap if the values
are Msg, Arg,
or Var. Otherwise it is a shallow copy.
map - FastHashMap to copy.
- FastHashMap A copy of the
FastHashMap that was
passed in.
copyMap
public static Map copyMap(Map map)
Makes a deep copy of a Map if the values are
Msg, Arg, or Var. Otherwise,
it is a shallow copy.
map - The source Map to copy.
- A copy of the
Map that was passed in.
getValueAsString
public static String getValueAsString(Object bean,
String property) Convenience method for getting a value from a bean property as a
String. If the property is a String[] or
Collection and it is empty, an empty String
"" is returned. Otherwise, property.toString() is returned. This method
may return null if there was an error retrieving the
property.
bean - The bean object.property - The name of the property to access.
- The value of the property.
replace
public static String replace(String value,
String key,
String replaceValue) Replace part of a String with another value.
value - String to perform the replacement on.key - The name of the constant.replaceValue - The value of the constant.
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