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 * $Id: ValidatorBase.java,v 1.2 2008/06/25 05:53:07 qcheng Exp $
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package com.sun.identity.shared.validation;

import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Base class for all validator classes.
 */
public abstract class ValidatorBase
    implements Validator
{
    protected static final String resourceBundleName = "amValidation";

    /**
     * Performs validation on a string.
     *
     * @param strData String to be validated.
     * @throws ValidationException if <code>strData</code> is in incorrect
     *         format.
     */
    public void validate(String strData)
        throws ValidationException {
        performValidation(strData);
    }

    /**
     * Performs validation on a set of string.
     *
     * @param setData Set of string to be validated.
     * @throws ValidationException if one or more strings are in incorrect
     *         format.
     */
    public void validate(Set setData)
        throws ValidationException
    {
        for (Iterator iter = setData.iterator(); iter.hasNext(); ) {
            performValidation((String)iter.next());
        }
    }

    /**
     * Performs validation on a string.
     *
     * @param strData String to be validated.
     * @throws ValidationException if <code>strData</code> is in incorrect
     *         format.
     */
    protected abstract void performValidation(String strData)
        throws ValidationException;
}
