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Class Validator

java.lang.Object
  com.liferay.portal.kernel.util.Validator

public class Validator
extends Object
extends Object

Provides utility methods related to data validation and format checking.

Constructor Summary
`Validator()`

Method Summary
`static boolean`	`equals(boolean boolean1, boolean boolean2)` Returns `true` if the booleans are equal.
`static boolean`	`equals(byte byte1, byte byte2)` Returns `true` if the bytes are equal.
`static boolean`	`equals(char char1, char char2)` Returns `true` if the characters are equal.
`static boolean`	`equals(double double1, double double2)` Returns `true` if the doubles are equal.
`static boolean`	`equals(float float1, float float2)` Returns `true` if the floats are equal.
`static boolean`	`equals(int int1, int int2)` Returns `true` if the integers are equal.
`static boolean`	`equals(long long1, long long2)` Returns `true` if the long integers are equal.
`static boolean`	`equals(Object obj1, Object obj2)` Returns `true` if the objects are either equal, the same instance, or both `null`.
`static boolean`	`equals(short short1, short short2)` Returns `true` if the short integers are equal.
`static boolean`	`equalsSorted(boolean[] booleanArray1, boolean[] booleanArray2)` Returns `true` if the boolean arrays are equal.
`static boolean`	`equalsSorted(byte[] byteArray1, byte[] byteArray2)` Returns `true` if the byte arrays are equal.
`static boolean`	`equalsSorted(char[] charArray1, char[] charArray2)` Returns `true` if the char arrays are equal.
`static boolean`	`equalsSorted(double[] doubleArray1, double[] doubleArray2)` Returns `true` if the double arrays are equal.
`static boolean`	`equalsSorted(float[] floatArray1, float[] floatArray2)` Returns `true` if the float arrays are equal.
`static boolean`	`equalsSorted(int[] intArray1, int[] intArray2)` Returns `true` if the int arrays are equal.
`static boolean`	`equalsSorted(long[] longArray1, long[] longArray2)` Returns `true` if the long arrays are equal.
`static boolean`	`equalsSorted(Object[] objArray1, Object[] objArray2)` Returns `true` if the object arrays are equal.
`static boolean`	`equalsSorted(short[] shortArray1, short[] shortArray2)` Returns `true` if the short arrays are equal.
`static boolean`	`isAddress(String address)` Returns `true` if the string is an email address.
`static boolean`	`isAlphanumericName(String name)` Returns `true` if the string is an alphanumeric name, meaning it contains nothing but English letters, numbers, and spaces.
`static boolean`	`isAscii(char c)` Returns `true` if the character is in the ASCII character set.
`static boolean`	`isBlank(String s)`
`static boolean`	`isChar(char c)` Returns `true` if the character is an upper or lower case English letter.
`static boolean`	`isChar(String s)` Returns `true` if string consists only of upper and lower case English letters.
`static boolean`	`isDate(int month, int day, int year)` Returns `true` if the date is valid in the Gregorian calendar.
`static boolean`	`isDigit(char c)` Returns `true` if the character is a digit between 0 and 9 (inclusive).
`static boolean`	`isDigit(String s)` Returns `true` if the string consists of only digits between 0 and 9 (inclusive).
`static boolean`	`isDomain(String domainName)` Returns `true` if the string is a valid domain name.
`static boolean`	`isEmailAddress(String emailAddress)` Returns `true` if the string is a valid email address.
`static boolean`	`isEmailAddressSpecialChar(char c)` Returns `true` if the character is a special character in an email address.
`static boolean`	`isFileExtension(String fileExtension)` Returns `true` if the file extension is valid.
`static boolean`	`isFileName(String name)`
`static boolean`	`isFilePath(String path, boolean isParentDirAllowed)`
`static boolean`	`isGregorianDate(int month, int day, int year)` Returns `true` if the date is valid in the Gregorian calendar.
`static boolean`	`isHex(String s)` Returns `true` if the string is a hexidecimal number.
`static boolean`	`isHostName(String name)` Returns `true` if the string is a valid host name.
`static boolean`	`isHTML(String s)` Returns `true` if the string is an HTML document.
`static boolean`	`isIPAddress(String ipAddress)` Returns `true` if the string is a valid IPv4 or IPv6 IP address.
`static boolean`	`isIPv4Address(String ipAddress)` Returns `true` if the string is a valid IPv4 IP address.
`static boolean`	`isIPv6Address(String ipAddress)` Returns `true` if the string is a valid IPv6 IP address.
`static boolean`	`isJulianDate(int month, int day, int year)` Returns `true` if the date is valid in the Julian calendar.
`static boolean`	`isLUHN(String number)` Returns `true` if the string contains a valid number according to the Luhn algorithm, commonly used to validate credit card numbers.
`static boolean`	`isName(String name)` Returns `true` if the string is a name, meaning it contains nothing but English letters and spaces.
`static boolean`	`isNotNull(Long l)` Returns `true` if the long number object is not `null`, meaning it is neither a `null` reference or zero.
`static boolean`	`isNotNull(Object obj)` Returns `true` if the object is not `null`, using the rules from `isNotNull(Long)` or `isNotNull(String)` if the object is one of these types.
`static boolean`	`isNotNull(Object[] array)` Deprecated. As of 6.2.0, replaced by `ArrayUtil.isNotEmpty( Object[])`
`static boolean`	`isNotNull(String s)` Returns `true` if the string is not `null`, meaning it is not a `null` reference, nothing but spaces, or the string "`null`".
`static boolean`	`isNull(Long l)` Returns `true` if the long number object is `null`, meaning it is either a `null` reference or zero.
`static boolean`	`isNull(Object obj)` Returns `true` if the object is `null`, using the rules from `isNull(Long)` or `isNull(String)` if the object is one of these types.
`static boolean`	`isNull(Object[] array)` Deprecated. As of 6.2.0, replaced by `ArrayUtil.isEmpty(Object[])`
`static boolean`	`isNull(String s)` Returns `true` if the string is `null`, meaning it is a `null` reference, nothing but spaces, or the string "`null`".
`static boolean`	`isNumber(String number)` Returns `true` if the string is a decimal integer number, meaning it contains nothing but decimal digits.
`static boolean`	`isPassword(String password)` Returns `true` if the string is a valid password, meaning it is at least four characters long and contains only letters and decimal digits.
`static boolean`	`isPhoneNumber(String phoneNumber)` Returns `true` if the string is a valid phone number.
`static boolean`	`isUri(String uri)`
`static boolean`	`isUrl(String url)` Returns `true` if the string is a valid URL based on the rules in `URL`.
`static boolean`	`isVariableName(String variableName)` Returns `true` if the string is a valid variable name in Java.
`static boolean`	`isVariableTerm(String s)` Returns `true` if the string is a valid variable term, meaning it begins with "[$" and ends with "$]".
`static boolean`	`isWhitespace(char c)` Returns `true` if the character is whitespace, meaning it is either the `null` character '0' or whitespace according to `Character.isWhitespace(char)`.
`static boolean`	`isXml(String s)` Returns `true` if the string is an XML document.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
`clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

Constructor Detail

Validator

public Validator()

Method Detail

equals

public static boolean equals(boolean boolean1,
                             boolean boolean2)

Returns true if the booleans are equal.

Parameters:: boolean1 - the first boolean; boolean2 - the second boolean
Returns:: true if the booleans are equal; false otherwise

equals

public static boolean equals(byte byte1,
                             byte byte2)

Returns true if the bytes are equal.

Parameters:: byte1 - the first byte; byte2 - the second byte
Returns:: true if the bytes are equal; false otherwise

equals

public static boolean equals(char char1,
                             char char2)

Returns true if the characters are equal.

Parameters:: char1 - the first character; char2 - the second character
Returns:: true if the characters are equal; false otherwise

equals

public static boolean equals(double double1,
                             double double2)

Returns true if the doubles are equal.

Parameters:: double1 - the first double; double2 - the second double
Returns:: true if the doubles are equal; false otherwise

equals

public static boolean equals(float float1,
                             float float2)

Returns true if the floats are equal.

Parameters:: float1 - the first float; float2 - the second float
Returns:: true if the floats are equal; false otherwise

equals

public static boolean equals(int int1,
                             int int2)

Returns true if the integers are equal.

Parameters:: int1 - the first integer; int2 - the second integer
Returns:: true if the integers are equal; false otherwise

equals

public static boolean equals(long long1,
                             long long2)

Returns true if the long integers are equal.

Parameters:: long1 - the first long integer; long2 - the second long integer
Returns:: true if the long integers are equal; false otherwise

equals

public static boolean equals(Object obj1,
                             Object obj2)

Returns true if the objects are either equal, the same instance, or both null.

Parameters:: obj1 - the first object; obj2 - the second object
Returns:: true if the objects are either equal, the same instance, or both null; false otherwise

equals

public static boolean equals(short short1,
                             short short2)

Returns true if the short integers are equal.

Parameters:: short1 - the first short integer; short2 - the second short integer
Returns:: true if the short integers are equal; false otherwise

equalsSorted

public static boolean equalsSorted(boolean[] booleanArray1,
                                   boolean[] booleanArray2)

Returns true if the boolean arrays are equal.

Parameters:: booleanArray1 - the first boolean array; booleanArray2 - the second boolean array
Returns:: true if the booleans arrays are equal; falseotherwise

equalsSorted

public static boolean equalsSorted(byte[] byteArray1,
                                   byte[] byteArray2)

Returns true if the byte arrays are equal.

Parameters:: byteArray1 - the first byte array; byteArray2 - the second byte array
Returns:: true if the byte arrays are equal; falseotherwise

equalsSorted

public static boolean equalsSorted(char[] charArray1,
                                   char[] charArray2)

Returns true if the char arrays are equal.

Parameters:: charArray1 - the first char array; charArray2 - the second char array
Returns:: true if the char arrays are equal; falseotherwise

equalsSorted

public static boolean equalsSorted(double[] doubleArray1,
                                   double[] doubleArray2)

Returns true if the double arrays are equal.

Parameters:: doubleArray1 - the first double array; doubleArray2 - the second double array
Returns:: true if the double arrays are equal; falseotherwise

equalsSorted

public static boolean equalsSorted(float[] floatArray1,
                                   float[] floatArray2)

Returns true if the float arrays are equal.

Parameters:: floatArray1 - the first float array; floatArray2 - the second char array
Returns:: true if the float arrays are equal; falseotherwise

equalsSorted

public static boolean equalsSorted(int[] intArray1,
                                   int[] intArray2)

Returns true if the int arrays are equal.

Parameters:: intArray1 - the first int array; intArray2 - the second int array
Returns:: true if the int arrays are equal; false otherwise

equalsSorted

public static boolean equalsSorted(long[] longArray1,
                                   long[] longArray2)

Returns true if the long arrays are equal.

Parameters:: longArray1 - the first long array; longArray2 - the second long array
Returns:: true if the long arrays are equal; falseotherwise

equalsSorted

public static boolean equalsSorted(Object[] objArray1,
                                   Object[] objArray2)

Returns true if the object arrays are equal.

Parameters:: objArray1 - the first object array; objArray2 - the second object array
Returns:: true if the object arrays are equal; falseotherwise

equalsSorted

public static boolean equalsSorted(short[] shortArray1,
                                   short[] shortArray2)

Returns true if the short arrays are equal.

Parameters:: shortArray1 - the first short array; shortArray2 - the second short array
Returns:: true if the short arrays are equal; falseotherwise

isAddress

public static boolean isAddress(String address)

Returns true if the string is an email address. The only requirements are that the string consist of two parts separated by an @ symbol, and that it contain no whitespace.

Parameters:: address - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is an email address; false otherwise

isAlphanumericName

public static boolean isAlphanumericName(String name)

Returns true if the string is an alphanumeric name, meaning it contains nothing but English letters, numbers, and spaces.

Parameters:: name - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is an Alphanumeric name; false otherwise

isAscii

public static boolean isAscii(char c)

Returns true if the character is in the ASCII character set. This includes characters with integer values between 32 and 126 (inclusive).

Parameters:: c - the character to check
Returns:: true if the character is in the ASCII character set; false otherwise

isBlank

public static boolean isBlank(String s)

isChar

public static boolean isChar(char c)

Returns true if the character is an upper or lower case English letter.

Parameters:: c - the character to check
Returns:: true if the character is an upper or lower case English letter; false otherwise

isChar

public static boolean isChar(String s)

Returns true if string consists only of upper and lower case English letters.

Parameters:: s - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string consists only of upper and lower case English letters

isDate

public static boolean isDate(int month,
                             int day,
                             int year)

Returns true if the date is valid in the Gregorian calendar.

Parameters:: month - the month to check; day - the day to check; year - the year to check
Returns:: true if the date is valid in the Gregorian calendar; false otherwise

isDigit

public static boolean isDigit(char c)

Returns true if the character is a digit between 0 and 9 (inclusive).

Parameters:: c - the character to check
Returns:: true if the character is a digit between 0 and 9 (inclusive); false otherwise

isDigit

public static boolean isDigit(String s)

Returns true if the string consists of only digits between 0 and 9 (inclusive).

Parameters:: s - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string consists of only digits between 0 and 9 (inclusive); false otherwise

isDomain

public static boolean isDomain(String domainName)

Returns true if the string is a valid domain name. See RFC-1034 (section 3), RFC-1123 (section 2.1), and RFC-952 (section B. Lexical grammar).

Parameters:: domainName - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is a valid domain name; false otherwise

isEmailAddress

public static boolean isEmailAddress(String emailAddress)

Returns true if the string is a valid email address.

Parameters:: emailAddress - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is a valid email address; false otherwise

isEmailAddressSpecialChar

public static boolean isEmailAddressSpecialChar(char c)

Returns true if the character is a special character in an email address.

Parameters:: c - the character to check
Returns:: true if the character is a special character in an email address; false otherwise

isFileExtension

public static boolean isFileExtension(String fileExtension)

Returns true if the file extension is valid.

Parameters:: fileExtension - string to check
Returns:: true if the extension is valid; false otherwise

isFileName

public static boolean isFileName(String name)

isFilePath

public static boolean isFilePath(String path,
                                 boolean isParentDirAllowed)

isGregorianDate

public static boolean isGregorianDate(int month,
                                      int day,
                                      int year)

Returns true if the date is valid in the Gregorian calendar.

Parameters:: month - the month (0-based, meaning 0 for January); day - the day of the month; year - the year
Returns:: true if the date is valid; false otherwise

isHex

public static boolean isHex(String s)

Returns true if the string is a hexidecimal number. At present the only requirement is that the string is not null; it does not actually check the format of the string.

Parameters:: s - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is a hexidecimal number; false otherwise
See Also:: isNull(String)

isHostName

public static boolean isHostName(String name)

Returns true if the string is a valid host name.

Parameters:: name - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is a valid host name; false otherwise

isHTML

public static boolean isHTML(String s)

Returns true if the string is an HTML document. The only requirement is that it contain the opening and closing html tags.

Parameters:: s - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is an HTML document; false otherwise

isIPAddress

public static boolean isIPAddress(String ipAddress)

Returns true if the string is a valid IPv4 or IPv6 IP address.

Parameters:: ipAddress - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is a valid IPv4 or IPv6 IP address; false otherwise

isIPv4Address

public static boolean isIPv4Address(String ipAddress)

Returns true if the string is a valid IPv4 IP address.

Parameters:: ipAddress - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is a valid IPv4 IP address; false otherwise

isIPv6Address

public static boolean isIPv6Address(String ipAddress)

Returns true if the string is a valid IPv6 IP address.

Parameters:: ipAddress - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is a valid IPv6 IP address; false otherwise

isJulianDate

public static boolean isJulianDate(int month,
                                   int day,
                                   int year)

Returns true if the date is valid in the Julian calendar.

Parameters:: month - the month (0-based, meaning 0 for January); day - the day of the month; year - the year
Returns:: true if the date is valid in the Julian calendar; false otherwise

isLUHN

public static boolean isLUHN(String number)

Returns true if the string contains a valid number according to the Luhn algorithm, commonly used to validate credit card numbers.

Parameters:: number - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string contains a valid number according to the Luhn algorithm; false otherwise

isName

public static boolean isName(String name)

Returns true if the string is a name, meaning it contains nothing but English letters and spaces.

Parameters:: name - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is a name; false otherwise

isNotNull

public static boolean isNotNull(Long l)

Returns true if the long number object is not null, meaning it is neither a null reference or zero.

Parameters:: l - the long number object to check
Returns:: true if the long number object is not null; false otherwise

isNotNull

public static boolean isNotNull(Object obj)

Returns true if the object is not null, using the rules from isNotNull(Long) or isNotNull(String) if the object is one of these types.

Parameters:: obj - the object to check
Returns:: true if the object is not null; false otherwise

isNotNull

public static boolean isNotNull(Object[] array)

Deprecated. As of 6.2.0, replaced by ArrayUtil.isNotEmpty( Object[])

isNotNull

public static boolean isNotNull(String s)

Returns true if the string is not null, meaning it is not a null reference, nothing but spaces, or the string "null".

Parameters:: s - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is not null; false otherwise

isNull

public static boolean isNull(Long l)

Returns true if the long number object is null, meaning it is either a null reference or zero.

Parameters:: l - the long number object to check
Returns:: true if the long number object is null; false otherwise

isNull

public static boolean isNull(Object obj)

Returns true if the object is null, using the rules from isNull(Long) or isNull(String) if the object is one of these types.

Parameters:: obj - the object to check
Returns:: true if the object is null; false otherwise

isNull

public static boolean isNull(Object[] array)

Deprecated. As of 6.2.0, replaced by ArrayUtil.isEmpty(Object[])

isNull

public static boolean isNull(String s)

Returns true if the string is null, meaning it is a null reference, nothing but spaces, or the string "null".

Parameters:: s - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is null; false otherwise

isNumber

public static boolean isNumber(String number)

Returns true if the string is a decimal integer number, meaning it contains nothing but decimal digits.

Parameters:: number - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is a decimal integer number; false otherwise

isPassword

public static boolean isPassword(String password)

Returns true if the string is a valid password, meaning it is at least four characters long and contains only letters and decimal digits.

Parameters:: password - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is a valid password; false otherwise

isPhoneNumber

public static boolean isPhoneNumber(String phoneNumber)

Returns true if the string is a valid phone number. The only requirement is that there are decimal digits in the string; length and format are not checked.

Parameters:: phoneNumber - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is a valid phone number; false otherwise

isUri

public static boolean isUri(String uri)

isUrl

public static boolean isUrl(String url)

Returns true if the string is a valid URL based on the rules in URL.

Parameters:: url - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is a valid URL; false otherwise

isVariableName

public static boolean isVariableName(String variableName)

Returns true if the string is a valid variable name in Java.

Parameters:: variableName - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is a valid variable name in Java; false otherwise

isVariableTerm

public static boolean isVariableTerm(String s)

Returns true if the string is a valid variable term, meaning it begins with "[$" and ends with "$]".

Parameters:: s - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is a valid variable term; false otherwise

isWhitespace

public static boolean isWhitespace(char c)

Returns true if the character is whitespace, meaning it is either the null character '0' or whitespace according to Character.isWhitespace(char).

Parameters:: c - the character to check
Returns:: true if the character is whitespace; false otherwise

isXml

public static boolean isXml(String s)

Returns true if the string is an XML document. The only requirement is that it contain either the xml start tag "".

Parameters:: s - the string to check
Returns:: true if the string is an XML document; false otherwise

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equals

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equalsSorted

equalsSorted

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equalsSorted

equalsSorted

equalsSorted

equalsSorted

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isAddress

isAlphanumericName

isAscii

isBlank

isChar

isChar

isDate

isDigit

isDigit

isDomain

isEmailAddress

isEmailAddressSpecialChar

isFileExtension

isFileName

isFilePath

isGregorianDate

isHex

isHostName

isHTML

isIPAddress

isIPv4Address

isIPv6Address

isJulianDate

isLUHN

isName

isNotNull

isNotNull

isNotNull

isNotNull

isNull

isNull

isNull

isNull

isNumber

isPassword

isPhoneNumber

isUri

isUrl

isVariableName

isVariableTerm

isWhitespace

isXml

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Class Validator