DMDirc-Util/src/com/dmdirc/util/validators/ValidatorChain.java

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package com.dmdirc.util.validators;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Allows multiple validators to be chained together.
 *
 * @param <A> The type of class that this chain validates
 * @author chris
 */
public class ValidatorChain<A> implements Validator<A> {

    /** A list of validators to use. */
    private final List<Validator<A>> validatorList
            = new ArrayList<Validator<A>>();

    /**
     * Creates a new validator chain containing the specified validators.
     *
     * @param validators The validators to be used in this chain.
     */
    public ValidatorChain(final Validator<A> ... validators) {
        for (Validator<A> validator : validators) {
            validatorList.add(validator);
        }
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public ValidationResponse validate(final A object) {
        for (Validator<A> validator : validatorList) {
            final ValidationResponse res = validator.validate(object);

            if (res.isFailure()) {
                return res;
            }
        }

        return new ValidationResponse();
    }

}