Re: Validating a String in Java
Ronan40060 wrote:
Dear Friends
I need to write a small peice of code a string "payment_code" which
comes
populated from a text field , should contain only 0-9,A-Z,a-z,Space '
',Hyphen '-',Full stop '.',Comma ',',Plus '+'
Characters other than these will not be allowed
If a user enters characters other than the mentioned above , the
alert
message should be displayed
This requirement is a part of Reverse Enginnering project that we are
doing , the current script is written to validate above is in PB and
it needs to be written in Java
I also had writing the same in Java Script but then due to the
framework of our project , it demands to be written in Java
typical steps would be
[snip]
Did you have any actual questions? Anyway, here is some advice related
to your post.
You can use the Pattern class to determine if your string matches those
characters using Regular Expressions.
As for JavaScript vs Java, you should ALWAYS do validation on the server
side. If possible, also add it to the client side. The problem with
JavaScript validation is that the client might disable or circumvent the
JavaScript validation.
Good luck,
Daniel.
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