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src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/Arg.java

@@ -17,18 +17,19 @@
 package org.apache.commons.validator;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.text.MessageFormat;
 
 /**
  * <p>
  * A default argument or an argument for a
  * specific validator definition (ex: required)
  * can be stored to pass into a message as parameters.  This can be used in a
  * pluggable validator for constructing locale
- * sensitive messages by using <code>java.text.MessageFormat</code>
+ * sensitive messages by using {@link MessageFormat}
  * or an equivalent class.  The resource field can be
  * used to determine if the value stored in the argument
  * is a value to be retrieved from a locale sensitive
- * message retrieval system like <code>java.util.PropertyResourceBundle</code>.
+ * message retrieval system like {@code java.util.PropertyResourceBundle}.
  * The resource field defaults to 'true'.
  * </p>
  * <p>Instances of this class are configured with an &lt;arg&gt; xml element.</p>
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ public class Arg implements Cloneable, Serializable {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -8922606779669839294L;
 
     /**
-     * The resource bundle name that this Arg's <code>key</code> should be
+     * The resource bundle name that this Arg's {@code key} should be
      * resolved in (optional).
      * @since 1.1
      */

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/CreditCardValidator.java

@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@
  * </p>
  *
  * <pre>
- * <code>CreditCardValidator ccv = new CreditCardValidator(CreditCardValidator.AMEX + CreditCardValidator.VISA);</code>
+ * {@code CreditCardValidator ccv = new CreditCardValidator(CreditCardValidator.AMEX + CreditCardValidator.VISA);}
  * </pre>
  *
  * <p>
  * configures the validator to only pass American Express and Visa cards.
  * If a card type is not directly supported by this class, you can implement
  * the CreditCardType interface and pass an instance into the
- * <code>addAllowedCardType</code> method.
+ * {@code addAllowedCardType} method.
  * </p>
  *
  * <p>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ public interface CreditCardType {
          * Returns true if the card number matches this type of credit
          * card.  Note that this method is <strong>not</strong> responsible
          * for analyzing the general form of the card number because
-         * <code>CreditCardValidator</code> performs those checks before
+         * {@code CreditCardValidator} performs those checks before
          * calling this method.  It is generally only required to valid the
          * length and prefix of the number to determine if it's the correct
          * type.
@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@ public boolean matches(final String card) {
      * you want only custom card types to validate so you turn off the
      * default cards with this option.
      * <pre>
-     * <code>
+     * {@code
      * CreditCardValidator v = new CreditCardValidator(CreditCardValidator.NONE);
      * v.addAllowedCardType(customType);
      * v.isValid(aCardNumber);
-     * </code>
+     * }
      * </pre>
      * @since 1.1.2
      */

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/DateValidator.java

@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ protected DateValidator() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * <p>Checks if the field is a valid date.  The <code>Locale</code> is
-     * used with <code>java.text.DateFormat</code>.  The setLenient method
+     * <p>Checks if the field is a valid date.  The {@link Locale} is
+     * used with {@link DateFormat}.  The setLenient method
      * is set to {@code false} for all.</p>
      *
      * @param value The value validation is being performed on.
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ public boolean isValid(final String value, final Locale locale) {
 
     /**
      * <p>Checks if the field is a valid date.  The pattern is used with
-     * <code>java.text.SimpleDateFormat</code>.  If strict is true, then the
+     * {@link SimpleDateFormat}.  If strict is true, then the
      * length will be checked so '2/12/1999' will not pass validation with
      * the format 'MM/dd/yyyy' because the month isn't two digits.
      * The setLenient method is set to {@code false} for all.</p>
      *
      * @param value The value validation is being performed on.
-     * @param datePattern The pattern passed to <code>SimpleDateFormat</code>.
+     * @param datePattern The pattern passed to {@link SimpleDateFormat}.
      * @param strict Whether or not to have an exact match of the datePattern.
      * @return true if the date is valid.
      */

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/Field.java

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public class Field implements Cloneable, Serializable {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -8502647722530192185L;
 
     /**
-     * This is the value that will be used as a key if the <code>Arg</code>
+     * This is the value that will be used as a key if the {@code Arg}
      * name field has no value.
      */
     private static final String DEFAULT_ARG =
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public class Field implements Cloneable, Serializable {
     protected Map<String, Arg>[] args = new Map[0];
 
     /**
-     * Add an <code>Arg</code> to the replacement argument list.
+     * Add an {@code Arg} to the replacement argument list.
      * @since 1.1
      * @param arg Validation message's argument.
      */
@@ -175,16 +175,16 @@ public void addArg(final Arg arg) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Add a <code>Msg</code> to the <code>Field</code>.
+     * Add a {@code Msg} to the {@code Field}.
      * @param msg A validation message.
      */
     public void addMsg(final Msg msg) {
         getMsgMap().put(msg.getName(), msg);
     }
 
     /**
-     * Add a <code>Var</code>, based on the values passed in, to the
-     * <code>Field</code>.
+     * Add a {@code Var}, based on the values passed in, to the
+     * {@code Field}.
      * @param name Name of the validation.
      * @param value The Argument's value.
      * @param jsType The JavaScript type.
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public void addVar(final String name, final String value, final String jsType) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Add a <code>Var</code> to the <code>Field</code>.
+     * Add a {@code Var} to the {@code Field}.
      * @param v The Validator Argument.
      */
     public void addVar(final Var v) {
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ private void ensureArgsCapacity(final Arg arg) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Generate correct <code>key</code> value.
+     * Generate correct {@code key} value.
      */
     public void generateKey() {
         if (this.isIndexed()) {
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ public void generateKey() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the default <code>Arg</code> object at the given position.
+     * Gets the default {@code Arg} object at the given position.
      * @param position Validation message argument's position.
      * @return The default Arg or null if not found.
      * @since 1.1
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ public Arg getArg(final int position) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the <code>Arg</code> object at the given position.  If the key
+     * Gets the {@code Arg} object at the given position.  If the key
      * finds a {@code null} value then the default value will be
      * retrieved.
      * @param key The name the Arg is stored under.  If not found, the default
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ public Arg[] getArgs(final String key) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets an unmodifiable <code>List</code> of the dependencies in the same
+     * Gets an unmodifiable {@code List} of the dependencies in the same
      * order they were defined in parameter passed to the setDepends() method.
      * @return A list of the Field's dependancies.
      */
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ public String getDepends() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the position of the <code>Field</code> in the validation list.
+     * Gets the position of the {@code Field} in the validation list.
      * @return The field position.
      */
     public int getFieldOrder() {
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ public int getFieldOrder() {
     /**
      * Gets the indexed property name of the field.  This
      * is the method name that will return an array or a
-     * <code>Collection</code> used to retrieve the
+     * {@link Collection} used to retrieve the
      * list and then loop through the list performing the specified
      * validations.
      * @return The field's indexed List property name.
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ public String getIndexedListProperty() {
 
     /**
      * Gets the indexed property name of the field.  This
-     * is the method name that can take an <code>int</code> as
+     * is the method name that can take an {@code int} as
      * a parameter for indexed property value retrieval.
      * @return The field's indexed property name.
      */
@@ -483,8 +483,8 @@ public Msg getMessage(final String key) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * The <code>Field</code>'s messages are returned as an
-     * unmodifiable <code>Map</code>.
+     * The {@code Field}'s messages are returned as an
+     * unmodifiable {@link Map}.
      * @since 1.1.4
      * @return Map of validation messages for the field.
      */
@@ -549,8 +549,8 @@ protected Map<String, Var> getVarMap() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * The <code>Field</code>'s variables are returned as an
-     * unmodifiable <code>Map</code>.
+     * The {@code Field}'s variables are returned as an
+     * unmodifiable {@link Map}.
      * @return the Map of Variable's for a Field.
      */
     public Map<String, Var> getVars() {
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ public boolean isIndexed() {
 
     /**
      * Replace constants with values in fields and process the depends field
-     * to create the dependency <code>Map</code>.
+     * to create the dependency {@link Map}.
      */
     void process(final Map<String, String> globalConstants, final Map<String, String> constants) {
         this.hMsgs.setFast(false);
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ void process(final Map<String, String> globalConstants, final Map<String, String
     }
 
     /**
-     * Replace the arg <code>Collection</code> key value with the key/value
+     * Replace the arg {@link Collection} key value with the key/value
      * pairs passed in.
      */
     private void processArg(final String key, final String replaceValue) {
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ public void setDepends(final String depends) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Sets the position of the <code>Field</code> in the validation list.
+     * Sets the position of the {@code Field} in the validation list.
      * @param fieldOrder The field position.
      */
     public void setFieldOrder(final int fieldOrder) {

src/main/java/org/apache/commons/validator/Form.java

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 /**
  * <p>
  * This contains a set of validation rules for a form/JavaBean. The information
- * is contained in a list of <code>Field</code> objects. Instances of this class
+ * is contained in a list of {@code Field} objects. Instances of this class
  * are configured with a &lt;form&gt; xml element.
  * </p>
  * <p>
@@ -45,14 +45,14 @@ public class Form implements Serializable {
     protected String name;
 
     /**
-     * List of <code>Field</code>s. Used to maintain the order they were added
-     * in although individual <code>Field</code>s can be retrieved using <code>Map</code>
-     * of <code>Field</code>s.
+     * List of {@code Field}s. Used to maintain the order they were added
+     * in although individual {@code Field}s can be retrieved using {@link Map}
+     * of {@code Field}s.
      */
     protected List<Field> lFields = new ArrayList<>();
 
     /**
-     * Map of <code>Field</code>s keyed on their property value.
+     * Map of {@code Field}s keyed on their property value.
      *
      * @deprecated   Subclasses should use getFieldMap() instead.
      */
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@ public class Form implements Serializable {
     protected String inherit;
 
     /**
-     * Whether or not the this <code>Form</code> was processed for replacing
+     * Whether or not the this {@code Form} was processed for replacing
      * variables in strings with their values.
      */
     private boolean processed;
 
     /**
-     * Add a <code>Field</code> to the <code>Form</code>.
+     * Add a {@code Field} to the {@code Form}.
      *
      * @param f  The field
      */
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ protected Map<String, Field> getFieldMap() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * A <code>List</code> of <code>Field</code>s is returned as an unmodifiable
-     * <code>List</code>.
+     * A {@code List} of {@code Field}s is returned as an unmodifiable
+     * {@code List}.
      *
      * @return   The fields value
      */
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public boolean isExtending() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Whether or not the this <code>Form</code> was processed for replacing
+     * Whether or not the this {@code Form} was processed for replacing
      * variables in strings with their values.
      *
      * @return   The processed value
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ public boolean isProcessed() {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Merges the given form into this one. For any field in <code>depends</code>
-     * not present in this form, include it. <code>depends</code> has precedence
+     * Merges the given form into this one. For any field in {@code depends}
+     * not present in this form, include it. {@code depends} has precedence
      * in the way the fields are ordered.
      *
      * @param depends  the form we want to merge
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ protected void merge(final Form depends) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Processes all of the <code>Form</code>'s <code>Field</code>s.
+     * Processes all of the {@code Form}'s {@code Field}s.
      *
      * @param globalConstants  A map of global constants
      * @param constants        Local constants