Eclipse Platform
Release 3.0

org.eclipse.jface.dialogs
Interface IInputValidator


public interface IInputValidator

The IInputValidator is the interface for simple validators.

See Also:
InputDialog

Method Summary
 String isValid(String newText)
          Validates the given string.
 

Method Detail

isValid

public String isValid(String newText)
Validates the given string. Returns an error message to display if the new text is invalid. Returns null if there is no error. Note that the empty string is not treated the same as null; it indicates an error state but with no message to display.

Parameters:
newText - the text to check for validity
Returns:
an error message or null if no error

Eclipse Platform
Release 3.0

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