Re: DataValidator class?

thufir wrote:
I have a few related classes which throw a DataException from the constructor if the data passed is invalid. I can't exactly say that the data validation is exactly the same for these classes, but they're similar. Basically, count the number of String[] elements, try to parse Integer or Float values and so forth; there's some overlap.
Where come from these String of the String[] array?

What's the standard approach? Multiple anonymous inner classes? A static utility class? Verify the data before sending it to the constructor?
You are putting the parsing of the Strings in the object constructor.
For better reusability I suggest you to move this responsibility to another class called Parser that read the Strings and returns the parameters to be used for calling the the object constructor. If the parsing fails it throws a ParseException.


Or, create a DataValidator class which the constructor instatiates?



thanks,

Thufir


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