AbstractValidator.java

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package biz.deinum.validation;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.validation.Validator;

/**
 * Base class for Validator implementations.
 *
 * @author Marten Deinum
 */
public abstract class AbstractValidator implements Validator {
    /** Prefix Strings which are added to the field names */
    protected static final String REQUIRED = "required";
    protected static final String INVALID = "invalid";

    protected final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());

    protected boolean allowEmpty = false;

    public final void setAllowEmpty(final boolean allowEmpty) {
        this.allowEmpty = allowEmpty;
    }
}