CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaplayframework
Damon Julian
Damon Julian

Reputation: 3989

validating card expiry date in playframework

In my play1.2.4 app,I need to make sure that a customer's MembershipCard is valid at the moment of processing.Validity is determined by the expiry month and expiry year together.

If the MembershipCard is

class MembershipCard extends Model{

    public String memberShipNumber;

    public String expiryMonth;

    public String expiryYear;

}

In controller method which takes the user selected card details(from a dropdown list),I need to make sure that the card is valid.

The String values for ,say the month of January is '1'.For current year ,it will be '2012'.

How can I do the validation on these fields?Do I need to write a custom validator? or can I use the built in 'InFuture' validation ?(since that one is made for date comparisons)

Can someone please help?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 239

Answers (1)

Pere Villega
Pere Villega

Reputation: 16439

Use a custom validator, it seems a better option as the InFuture validation will require you to transform the Strings to Dates in the request.

EDIT on comment

There is a sample in the source code of Play, the EqualsCheck validator. Create your own version and apply it using @CheckWith annotation.

Upvotes: 1

Related Questions