/*
* Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Chris Smith, Shane Mc Cormack, Gregory Holmes
*
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*
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package com.dmdirc.util.validators;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Allows multiple validators to be chained together.
*
* @param The type of class that this chain validates
* @author chris
*/
public class ValidatorChain implements Validator {
/** A list of validators to use. */
private final List> validatorList
= new ArrayList>();
/**
* Creates a new validator chain containing the specified validators.
*
* @param validators The validators to be used in this chain.
*/
public ValidatorChain(final Validator ... validators) {
validatorList.addAll(Arrays.asList(validators));
}
/** {@inheritDoc} */
@Override
public ValidationResponse validate(final A object) {
for (Validator validator : validatorList) {
final ValidationResponse res = validator.validate(object);
if (res.isFailure()) {
return res;
}
}
return new ValidationResponse();
}
}