Package org.apache.commons.validator

Class EmailValidator

java.lang.Object
org.apache.commons.validator.EmailValidator
@Deprecated public class EmailValidator extends Object
Deprecated.
Use the new EmailValidator in the routines package. This class will be removed in a future release.

Perform email validations.

This class is a Singleton; you can retrieve the instance via the getInstance() method.

Based on a script by Sandeep V. Tamhankar http://javascript.internet.com

This implementation is not guaranteed to catch all possible errors in an email address. For example, an address like nobody@noplace.somedog will pass validator, even though there is no TLD "somedog"

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Since:
1.1

  • Constructor Details

    • EmailValidator

      protected EmailValidator()
      Deprecated.
      Protected constructor for subclasses to use.

  • Method Details

    • getInstance

      public static EmailValidator getInstance()
      Deprecated.
      Returns the Singleton instance of this validator.
      Returns:
      singleton instance of this validator.

    • isValid

      public boolean isValid(String email)
      Deprecated.

      Checks if a field has a valid e-mail address.

      Parameters:
      email - The value validation is being performed on. A null value is considered invalid.
      Returns:
      true if the email address is valid.

    • isValidDomain

      protected boolean isValidDomain(String domain)
      Deprecated.
      Returns true if the domain component of an email address is valid.
      Parameters:
      domain - being validated.
      Returns:
      true if the email address's domain is valid.

    • isValidIpAddress

      protected boolean isValidIpAddress(String ipAddress)
      Deprecated.
      Validates an IP address. Returns true if valid.
      Parameters:
      ipAddress - IP address
      Returns:
      true if the ip address is valid.

    • isValidSymbolicDomain

      protected boolean isValidSymbolicDomain(String domain)
      Deprecated.
      Validates a symbolic domain name. Returns true if it's valid.
      Parameters:
      domain - symbolic domain name
      Returns:
      true if the symbolic domain name is valid.

    • isValidUser

      protected boolean isValidUser(String user)
      Deprecated.
      Returns true if the user component of an email address is valid.
      Parameters:
      user - being validated
      Returns:
      true if the user name is valid.

    • stripComments

      protected String stripComments(String emailStr)
      Deprecated.
      Recursively remove comments, and replace with a single space. The simpler regexps in the Email Addressing FAQ are imperfect - they will miss escaped chars in atoms, for example. Derived From Mail::RFC822::Address
      Parameters:
      emailStr - The email address
      Returns:
      address with comments removed.