Integrating Regula with Spring 3.0.x MVC

ValidateClientSide.java:

package net.vivin.regula.validation;

import java.lang.annotation.*;

@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
@Inherited
public @interface ValidateClientSide {
}

The code for the interceptor is pretty simple. It inspects the model for objects that are annotated with ValidateClientSide, and then uses the service to gather validation information:

ClientSideValidationInterceptor.java:

package net.vivin.regula.validation;

import net.vivin.regula.validation.service.ClassConstraintInformation;
import net.vivin.regula.validation.service.ValidationConstraintsService;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.HandlerInterceptorAdapter;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

public class ClientSideValidationInterceptor extends HandlerInterceptorAdapter {

@Autowired
ValidationConstraintsService validationConstraintsService;

@Override
public void postHandle(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object handler, ModelAndView modelAndView) throws Exception {
if(modelAndView != null) {
Map modelMap = modelAndView.getModel();

if(modelMap != null) {
Set> modelMapEntrySet = modelMap.entrySet();
Map.Entry[] modelMapEntryArray = modelMapEntrySet.toArray(new Map.Entry[modelMapEntrySet.size()]);

boolean found = false;
int i = 0;

while(i < modelMapEntrySet.size() && !found) { Map.Entry entry = modelMapEntryArray[i]; Object value = entry.getValue(); if(hasValidateClientSideAnnotation(value)) { found = true; ClassConstraintInformation classConstraintsInformation = validationConstraintsService.getValidationConstraints(value.getClass()); modelAndView.getModelMap().addAttribute("propertyToConstraintInstancesMap", classConstraintsInformation.getPropertyToConstraintInstancesMap()); modelAndView.getModelMap().addAttribute("compoundConstraintDefinitionSet", classConstraintsInformation.getCompoundConstraintDefinitionSet()); } i++; } } } } private boolean hasValidateClientSideAnnotation(Object object) { boolean found = false; int i = 0; if (object != null) { Annotation[] annotations = object.getClass().getDeclaredAnnotations(); while(i < annotations.length && !found) { Annotation annotation = annotations[i]; found = annotation.annotationType().equals(ValidateClientSide.class); i++; } } return found; } } [/sourcecode]