jackcess/src/main/java/com/healthmarketscience/jackcess/impl/InternalColumnValidator.java

/*
Copyright (c) 2018 James Ahlborn

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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*/

package com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.impl;

import java.io.IOException;

import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.Column;
import com.healthmarketscience.jackcess.util.ColumnValidator;

/**
 * Base class for ColumnValidator instances handling "internal" validation
 * functionality, which are wrappers around any "external" behavior.
 *
 * @author James Ahlborn
 */
abstract class InternalColumnValidator implements ColumnValidator
{
  private ColumnValidator _delegate;

  protected InternalColumnValidator(ColumnValidator delegate) 
  {
    _delegate = delegate;
  }

  ColumnValidator getExternal() {
    ColumnValidator extValidator = _delegate;
    while(extValidator instanceof InternalColumnValidator) {
      extValidator = ((InternalColumnValidator)extValidator)._delegate;
    }
    return extValidator;
  }

  void setExternal(ColumnValidator extValidator) {
    InternalColumnValidator intValidator = this;
    while(intValidator._delegate instanceof InternalColumnValidator) {
      intValidator = (InternalColumnValidator)intValidator._delegate;
    }
    intValidator._delegate = extValidator;
  }

  public final Object validate(Column col, Object val) throws IOException {
    val = _delegate.validate(col, val);
    return internalValidate(col, val);
  }

  protected abstract Object internalValidate(Column col, Object val) 
    throws IOException;
}