/**

  * Copyright (C) 2006 Philipp Mpalampanis

  *

  * License: MPL 1.1/GPL 2.0/LGPL 2.1

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  * 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with

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  */

 package net.sf.echobinding.validation;

 import org.hibernate.validator.ClassValidator;

 import org.hibernate.validator.InvalidValue;

 /**

  *

  */

 public class BeanValidator {

         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")

         public static ValidationReport validate(Object bean, String propertyName, Object input) {

                 StringBuffer messages = new StringBuffer();

                 ClassValidator validator = new ClassValidator(bean.getClass());

                 InvalidValue[] invalidValues = validator.getPotentialInvalidValues(propertyName, input);

                 boolean isValid = true;

                 for( InvalidValue invalidValue : invalidValues ) {

                         isValid=false;

                         String message = "invalid value for property '"+invalidValue.getPropertyName()+"': "+invalidValue.getMessage();

                         messages.append(message);

                 }

                 return new ValidationReport(isValid, messages.toString());

         }

 }