org.geotools.validation
Class ValidationProcessor

java.lang.Object
  org.geotools.validation.ValidationProcessor

public class ValidationProcessor

extends java.lang.Object

ValidationProcessor Runs validation tests against Features and reports the outcome of the tests.

The validation processor contains two main data structures. Each one is a HashMap of ArrayLists that hold Validations. The first one, featureLookup, holds per-feature validation tests (tests that operate on one feature at a time with no knowledge of any other features. The second one, integrityLookup, holds integrity validations (validations that span multiple features and/or multiple feature types).

Each HashMap of validations is hashed with a key whose value is a FeatureTypeName. This key provides access to an ArrayList of validations that are to be performed on this FeatureTypeInfo.

Validations are added via the two addValidation() methods.

The validations are run when runFeatureTests() and runIntegrityTests() are called. It is recommended that the user call runFeatureTests() before runIntegrityTests() as it is usually the case that integrity tests are much more time consuming. If a Feature is incorrect, it can probably be detected early on, and quickly, in the feature validation tests.

For validations that are performed on every FeatureTypeInfo, a value called ANYTYPENAME has been created and can be stored in the validationLookup tables if a validation specifies that it is run against all FeatureTypes. The value that causes a validation to be run against all FeatureTypes is null. Or Validation.ALL

Results of the validation tests are handled using a Visitor pattern. This visitor is a ValidationResults object that is passed into the runFeatureTests() and runIntegrityTests() methods. Each individual validation will record error messages in the ValidationResults visitor.

Example Use:

 ValidationProcessor processor = new ValidationProcessor();

 processor.addValidation(FeatureValidation1);

 processor.addValidation(FeatureValidation2);

 processor.addValidation(IntegrityValidation1);

 processor.addValidation(FeatureValidation3);

 

 processor.runFeatureTests(FeatureTypeInfo, Feature, ValidationResults);

 processor.runIntegrityTests(layers, Envelope, ValidationResults);

 

Field Summary

static java.lang.Object

ANYTYPENAME

Constructor Summary

ValidationProcessor()
ValidationProcessor constructor.

ValidationProcessor(java.util.Map testSuites, java.util.Map plugIns)
ValidationProcessor constructor.

Method Summary

void	addValidation(FeatureValidation validation) addValidation
void	addValidation(IntegrityValidation validation) addValidation
java.util.Set	getDependencies(java.lang.String typeName) getDependencies purpose.
void	runFeatureTests(org.geotools.feature.FeatureType type, org.geotools.feature.FeatureCollection collection, ValidationResults results) runFeatureTests
void	runIntegrityTests(java.util.Map stores, com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Envelope envelope, ValidationResults results) runIntegrityTests

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

ANYTYPENAME

public static final java.lang.Object ANYTYPENAME

Constructor Detail

ValidationProcessor

public ValidationProcessor()

ValidationProcessor constructor.

Initializes the data structure to hold the validations.

ValidationProcessor

public ValidationProcessor(java.util.Map testSuites,
                           java.util.Map plugIns)

ValidationProcessor constructor.

Builds a ValidationProcessor with the DTO provided.

Parameters:

testSuites - Map a map of names -> TestSuiteDTO objects

plugIns - Map a map of names -> PlugInDTO objects

Method Detail

addValidation

public void addValidation(FeatureValidation validation)

addValidation

Add a FeatureValidation to the list of Feature tests

Parameters:

validation -

addValidation

public void addValidation(IntegrityValidation validation)

addValidation

Add an IntegrityValidation to the list of Integrity tests

Parameters:

validation -

getDependencies

public java.util.Set getDependencies(java.lang.String typeName)

getDependencies purpose.

Gets all the FeatureTypes that this FeatureTypeInfo uses.

Parameters:

typeName - the FeatureTypeName

Returns:

all the FeatureTypes that this FeatureTypeInfo uses.

runFeatureTests

public void runFeatureTests(org.geotools.feature.FeatureType type,
                            org.geotools.feature.FeatureCollection collection,
                            ValidationResults results)
                     throws java.lang.Exception

runFeatureTests

Performs a lookup on the FeatureTypeInfo name to determine what FeatureTests need to be performed. Once these tests are gathered, they are run on each feature in the FeatureCollection. The first validation test lookup checks to see if there are any validations that are to be performed on every FeatureTypeInfo. An example of this could be an isValid() test on all geometries in all FeatureTypes. Once those tests have been gathered, a lookup is performed on the TypeName of the FeatureTypeInfo to check for specific FeatureTypeInfo validation tests. A list of validation tests is returned from each lookup, if any exist. When all the validation tests have been gathered, each test is iterated through then run on each Feature, with the ValidationResults coming along for the ride, collecting error information. Parameter "FeatureCollection collection" should be changed later to take in a FeatureSource so not everything is loaded into memory.

Parameters:

type - The FeatureTypeInfo of the features being tested.

collection - The collection of features, of a particulare FeatureTypeInfo "type", that are to be validated.

results - Storage for the results of the validation tests.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - FeatureValidations throw Exceptions

runIntegrityTests

public void runIntegrityTests(java.util.Map stores,
                              com.vividsolutions.jts.geom.Envelope envelope,
                              ValidationResults results)
                       throws java.lang.Exception

runIntegrityTests

Performs a lookup on the FeatureTypeInfo name to determine what IntegrityTests need to be performed. Once these tests are gathered, they are run on the collection features in the Envelope, defined by a FeatureSource (not a FeatureCollection!). The first validation test lookup checks to see if there are any validations that are to be performed on every FeatureTypeInfo. An example of this could be a uniqueID() test on a unique column value in all FeatureTypes. Once those tests have been gathered, a lookup is performed on the TypeName of the FeatureTypeInfo to check for specific Integrity validation tests. A list of validation tests is returned from each lookup, if any exist. When all the validation tests have been gathered, each test is iterated through then run on each Feature, with the ValidationResults coming along for the ride, collecting error information.

Parameters:

stores - the Map of modified features (Map of key=featureTypeName, value="featureSource"

envelope - The bounding box that contains all modified Features

results - Storage for the results of the validation tests.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - Throws an exception if the HashMap contains a value that is not a FeatureSource