replace validate method with tryValidate

Author: ditschedev

pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>dev.ditsche</groupId>
     <artifactId>validator</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.3</version>
+    <version>1.1.0</version>
 
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 

src/main/java/dev/ditsche/validator/Validator.java

@@ -100,11 +100,12 @@ public Validator<T> addField(String field, String rulesString) {
 
     /**
      * Validates an object against a schema and returns an error bag.
-     *
+     * @deprecated since 1.0.4
      * @param object The object that need to be validated.
      * @throws ValidationException Thrown when at least one rule fails.
      * @throws IllegalAccessException Thrown when the field is not public.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     public void validate(T object) throws ValidationException, IllegalAccessException {
         errorBag.clear();
         List<Field> fieldSet = new ArrayList<>();
@@ -125,6 +126,33 @@ public void validate(T object) throws ValidationException, IllegalAccessExceptio
             throw new ValidationException(errorBag);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Validates an object against a schema and returns an error bag.
+     *
+     * @param object The object that need to be validated.
+     * @throws ValidationException Thrown when at least one rule fails.
+     * @throws IllegalAccessException Thrown when the field is not public.
+     */
+    public void tryValidate(T object) throws ValidationException, IllegalAccessException {
+        errorBag.clear();
+        List<Field> fieldSet = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (Class<?> c = object.getClass(); c != null; c = c.getSuperclass())
+        {
+            Field[] fields = c.getDeclaredFields();
+            fieldSet.addAll(Arrays.asList(fields));
+        }
+        for(ValidationField vf : this.fields) {
+            Field field = fieldSet.stream().filter(f -> f.getName().equals(vf.getField())).findFirst().orElse(null);
+            if(field == null) continue;
+            Object value = getValue(field, object);
+            for(Rule rule : vf.getRules()) {
+                if(!rule.passes(value)) errorBag.add(vf.getField(), rule.message(vf.getField()));
+            }
+        }
+        if(!errorBag.isEmpty())
+            throw new ValidationException(errorBag);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Uses reflection to invoke a getter of the validation target.
      * Falls back to the fields default getter. Will fail if the variable