CommonUtils is a utility library for Java which provides common set of functionalities that are required in most of the web applications. Functions include, plaintext/file to hash-code generation, validating form fields, generating random CAPTCHA challenges, and many other stuff.
I've been working on many Java web projects lately, and required these common set of functionalities in each of them, so I created this library for my usage, but its free and open source under terms of GPLv3 so anyone can add new features to this and make it better.
- IDE - Eclipse 4.2
- Java - JDK 1.7 (to be available for JDK 1.6 too)
org.commonutils.util- Classes for Form field validation and Mathematical CAPTCHA generation.org.commonutils.security- Classes for Forward Hash code generation (MD5 and SHA-1, for now).
You can download CommonUtils0.1.jar from dist folder and include it into your project. CommonUtils provides two packages as of now, org.commonutils.util for Utility classes like Form fields validation and Mathematical CAPTCHA generation, and org.commonutils.security for forward hashing in MD5 and SHA-1. While all the classes has Javadoc mentioned, following is the summary of classes and its methods that CommonUtils provides.
This class provides set of functions to check for valid common form fields like, Alphabets, Numbers, Email Address, Phone numbers, Dates, Passwords, etc.
FieldValidator()- Initializes this FieldValidator object without any custom pattern.FieldValidator(String pattern)- Initializes this FieldValidator object with custom pattern (Regular Expression).boolean isPattern(String key) throws UndefinedPatternException- Checks whether given String key matches with defined custom pattern. ThrowsUndefinedPatternExceptionif no custom pattern was defined during object creation.boolean isNumber(String key)- Checks whether given String key is a valid number.boolean isFloat(String key)- Checks whether given String key is a valid floating point number.boolean isAlphabet(String key)- Checks whether given String key is a valid Alphabet.boolean isDate(String key)- Checks whether given String key is a valid Date. Valid format for Date is standard Indian date format, i.e. DD-MM-YYYY (where, allowed separators are-or.or/).boolean isDate(String key, String formatpattern)- Checks whether given String key is a valid Date as per given format pattern regex.boolean isEmail(String key)- Checks whether given String key is a valid Email address.boolean isPhone(String key)- Checks whether given String key is a valid Phone number. Valid phone number contains only numbers, a dash (-) and a plus sign (+), with no limits in length of number.boolean isSimplePassword(String key)- Checks whether given String key is a valid simple Password. Valid Simple password is at least 8 characters long with no restrictions on type of characters.boolean isPassword(String key)- Checks whether given String key is a valid Password. Valid Password must contain a minimum of one lower case character, one upper case character, one digit, one special character, and at least 8 characters long.boolean isSentence(String key)- Checks whether given String key is a valid Sentence. Valid sentence contains alphabets, numbers, a space, a comma and full-stop only.
This class provides random Mathematical challenge generation to implement CAPTCHA. It provides JSON String that has simple arithmetic expression (Eg; 2 * 5 = 10), where user must be provided with only operands and he's supposed to calculate the answer and provide it as input.
MathChallengeCaptcha() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException- Initializes this MathChallengeCaptcha object with 10 as maximum possible value of numbers used in generated challenge.MathChallengeCaptcha(int max) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException- Initializes this MathChallengeCaptcha object with provided maximum possible value of numbers used in generated challenge.String getChallenge()- Gets Mathematical Challenge as a JSON String that contains an expression values; operand1, operand2, operator and MD5 Hash code of answer.
This class provides methods to calculate MD5 hash code of String or File.
MD5Hash() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException- Initializes this MD5Hash object with MD5 algorithm and resets the digest.String getStringHash(String key)- Gets 32 character MD5 Hash String for the given key.String getFileHash(File source) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException- Gets 32 character MD5 Hash String for the given File.
This class provides methods to calculate SHA-1 hash code of String or File.
SHA1Hash() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException- Initializes this SHA1Hash object with SHA-1 algorithm and resets the digest.String getStringHash(String key)- Gets 41 character SHA-1 Hash String for the given key.String getFileHash(File source) throws IOException- Gets 41 character SHA-1 Hash String for the given File.
- 0.1 - First Release.