AbstractEntityNameValidation (XWiki Platform - Model - Validation - API 15.2-rc-1 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.xwiki.model.validation.AbstractEntityNameValidation

All Implemented Interfaces:

EntityNameValidation
```
public abstract class AbstractEntityNameValidation
extends Object
implements EntityNameValidation
```
Define generic methods for transforming or validating entities based on the implementation of the EntityNameValidation.transform(String) and EntityNameValidation.isValid(String).

Since:

12.0RC1

Version:

$Id: f6c14d55272e8d2934f63d2beef47e8bb5e1d552 $

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

AbstractEntityNameValidation()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isValid(EntityReference entityReference)`	Validate that the given `EntityReference` respects the current policy.
`EntityReference`	`transform(EntityReference entityReference)`	Aims at transforming an entity reference such as `EntityNameValidation.isValid(EntityReference)` returns true.

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

Methods inherited from interface org.xwiki.model.validation.EntityNameValidation
isValid, transform

- Constructor Detail
  - AbstractEntityNameValidation
```
public AbstractEntityNameValidation()
```
- Method Detail
  - transform
```
public EntityReference transform(EntityReference entityReference)
```
    Description copied from interface: EntityNameValidation
    
    Aims at transforming an entity reference such as EntityNameValidation.isValid(EntityReference) returns true. Note that this method should return exactly entityReference if EntityNameValidation.isValid(EntityReference) already returns true for it.
    
    Specified by:
    
    transform in interface EntityNameValidation
    
    Parameters:
    
    entityReference - the entity reference on which to perform transformation.
    
    Returns:
    
    a new EntityReference with the fewer possible transformation to make it pass EntityNameValidation.isValid(EntityReference).
  - isValid
```
public boolean isValid(EntityReference entityReference)
```
    Description copied from interface: EntityNameValidation
    
    Validate that the given EntityReference respects the current policy.
    
    Specified by:
    
    isValid in interface EntityNameValidation
    
    Parameters:
    
    entityReference - the entity reference to check
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the policy is respected.