org.openmrs.patient.impl

Class VerhoeffIdentifierValidator

java.lang.Object

org.openmrs.patient.impl.BaseHyphenatedIdentifierValidator

org.openmrs.patient.impl.VerhoeffIdentifierValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IdentifierValidator

public class VerhoeffIdentifierValidator
extends BaseHyphenatedIdentifierValidator

The Verhoeff Check Digit Validator catches all single errors and all adjacent transpositions. See: http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~wagner/laws/verhoeff.html and Wagner, Neal. "Verhoeff's Decimal Error Detection". The Laws of Cryptography with Java Code. p 54. San Antonio, TX: 2003. http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~wagner/lawsbookcolor/laws.pdf

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
VerhoeffIdentifierValidator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getAllowedCharacters()
protected int	getCheckDigit(java.lang.String undecoratedIdentifier)
java.lang.String	getName()
java.lang.String	getValidIdentifier(java.lang.String undecoratedIdentifier) Override to disallow identifiers that are not exactly VERHOEFF_UNDECORATED_ID_LENGTH long.
boolean	isValid(java.lang.String identifier) Override to disallow numeric check digits and identifiers that are not exactly VERHOEFF_ID_LENGTH long.

Methods inherited from class org.openmrs.patient.impl.BaseHyphenatedIdentifierValidator

checkAllowedIdentifier

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

VerhoeffIdentifierValidator

public VerhoeffIdentifierValidator()

Method Detail

getAllowedCharacters

public java.lang.String getAllowedCharacters()

Specified by:

getAllowedCharacters in interface IdentifierValidator

Specified by:

getAllowedCharacters in class BaseHyphenatedIdentifierValidator

Returns:

A string containing all the characters allowed in this type of identifier validation.

See Also:

BaseHyphenatedIdentifierValidator.getAllowedCharacters()

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Specified by:

getName in interface IdentifierValidator

Specified by:

getName in class BaseHyphenatedIdentifierValidator

Returns:

The name of this validator. E.g. "Luhn Algorithm"

See Also:

BaseHyphenatedIdentifierValidator.getName()

getCheckDigit

protected int getCheckDigit(java.lang.String undecoratedIdentifier)

Specified by:

getCheckDigit in class BaseHyphenatedIdentifierValidator

See Also:

BaseHyphenatedIdentifierValidator.getCheckDigit(java.lang.String)

isValid

public boolean isValid(java.lang.String identifier)
                throws UnallowedIdentifierException

Override to disallow numeric check digits and identifiers that are not exactly VERHOEFF_ID_LENGTH long.

Specified by:

isValid in interface IdentifierValidator

Overrides:

isValid in class BaseHyphenatedIdentifierValidator

Parameters:

identifier - The Identifier to check.

Returns:

Whether this identifier is valid according to the validator.

Throws:

UnallowedIdentifierException - if the identifier contains unallowed characters or is otherwise not appropriate for this validator.

See Also:

BaseHyphenatedIdentifierValidator.isValid(java.lang.String)

getValidIdentifier

public java.lang.String getValidIdentifier(java.lang.String undecoratedIdentifier)
                                    throws UnallowedIdentifierException

Override to disallow identifiers that are not exactly VERHOEFF_UNDECORATED_ID_LENGTH long.

Specified by:

getValidIdentifier in interface IdentifierValidator

Overrides:

getValidIdentifier in class BaseHyphenatedIdentifierValidator

Parameters:

undecoratedIdentifier - The identifier prior to being given a check digit or other form of validation.

Returns:

The identifier after the check digit or other form of validation has been applied.

Throws:

UnallowedIdentifierException - if the identifier contains unallowed characters or is otherwise not appropriate for this validator.

See Also:

BaseHyphenatedIdentifierValidator.getValidIdentifier(java.lang.String)