Class EmailValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:
FieldValidator, ShortCircuitableValidator, Validator

public class EmailValidator extends RegexFieldValidator
EmailValidator checks that a given String field, if not empty, is a valid email address. The regular expression used to validate that the string is an email address is:
 \\b^['_a-z0-9-\\+]+(\\.['_a-z0-9-\\+]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\\.[a-z0-9-]+)*\\.([a-z]{2,6})$\\b
 
You can also specify expression, caseSensitive and trim params as a OGNL expression, see the example below.
  • fieldName - The field name this validator is validating. Required if using Plain-Validator Syntax otherwise not required
Check also documentation of the RegexpValidator for more details - the EmailValidator bases on it. Do not use ${regexExpression}, ${caseSensitiveExpression} and ${trimExpression} as an expression as this will turn into infinitive loop!
 
     <!-- Plain Validator Syntax -->
     <validators>
         <validator type="email">
             <param name="fieldName">myEmail</param>
             <message>Must provide a valid email</message>
         </validator>
     </validators>

     <!-- Field Validator Syntax -->
     <field name="myEmail">
        <field-validator type="email">
           <message>Must provide a valid email</message>
        </field-validator>
     </field>

     <!-- Field Validator Syntax with expressions -->
     <!-- Only available when used with xml based configuration, if you want to have the same
             flexibility with annotations use @RegexFieldValidator instead -->
     <field name="myEmail">
        <field-validator type="email">
           <param name="regexExpression">${emailPattern}</param> <!-- will be evaluated as: String getEmailPattern() -->
           <param name="caseSensitiveExpression">${emailCaseSensitive}</param> <!-- will be evaluated as: boolean getEmailCaseSensitive() -->
           <param name="trimExpression">${trimEmail}</param> <!-- will be evaluated as: boolean getTrimEmail() -->
           <message>Must provide a valid email</message>
        </field-validator>
     </field>
 
 
Version:
$Date$ $Id$
Author:
jhouse, tm_jee
  • Field Details

  • Constructor Details

    • EmailValidator

      public EmailValidator()