Bug 169988

Description drew23 2007-01-09 12:33:18 EST

When a Validator is added to a bind object the isValid method is called when the focus is lost from that widget(ie Text, Combo, ...)  There should also be a way to validate fields programmatically.  For examble if I have a the following code 
Binding nameBinding = 
			bind(person1EntryView.getFirstName(), 
                                new Property(
				      personPresentationModel.getName(), 
                                      "firstName"), 
				new BindSpec(null,null,
                                            new NameValidator(), null));

I should be able to call 
nameBinding.validate()
which would cause the isValid to be called in the class NameValidator.

The reason why this code would be helpful is because when the user clicks save we want to validate all of the fields and display possible errors.