From 992d51e9277f2be4b26867117911e804a885bf76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jeb228 <jeb228@440791e1-c2bf-4c1e-ad7c-caf3f8b0ebe8>
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 13:33:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] NIHVIVO-762 add factory methods for successful validation and
 failed validation.

---
 .../vedit/validator/ValidationObject.java     | 28 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/validator/ValidationObject.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/validator/ValidationObject.java
index addd2562b..40af12617 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/validator/ValidationObject.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vedit/validator/ValidationObject.java
@@ -2,7 +2,33 @@
 
 package edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.validator;
 
-public class ValidationObject {
+/**
+ * Output from a {@link Validator}. Holds the value that was tested, whether it
+ * was valid or not, and an optional message.
+ */
+public class ValidationObject {
+	/**
+	 * Create an instance that indicates successful validation.
+	 */
+	public static ValidationObject success(Object validatedObject) {
+		ValidationObject vo = new ValidationObject();
+		vo.setValid(true);
+		vo.setMessage("");
+		vo.setValidatedObject(validatedObject);
+		return vo;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create an instance that indicates failed validation.
+	 */
+	public static ValidationObject failure(Object validatedObject,
+			String message) {
+		ValidationObject vo = new ValidationObject();
+		vo.setValid(false);
+		vo.setMessage(message);
+		vo.setValidatedObject(validatedObject);
+		return vo;
+	}
 
     private boolean valid = false;
     private String message;