/**
* Validate event creation.
*
* @param event the event
* @throws ValidationException the validation exception
*/
public static void validateEventCreation(final Event event) throws ValidationException {
if (event == null) {
return;
}
final ValidationException validationException = new ValidationException();
if (StringUtils.isEmpty(StringUtils.trimToEmpty(event.getName()))) {
validationException.addMessage("Event must have a name.");
}
if (event.getEventType() == null) {
validationException.addMessage("EventType can not be empty.");
}
if (event.getStartTime() == null) {
validationException.addMessage("Start date must be supplied.");
}
if (event.getEndTime() == null) {
validationException.addMessage("End date must be supplied.");
}
if (event.getStartTime() != null
&& event.getEndTime() != null
&& (!event.getStartTime().isBefore(event.getEndTime()))) {
validationException.addMessage("Start date must be before end date.");
}
if (event.getVoteCategories() == null || event.getVoteCategories().isEmpty()) {
validationException.addMessage("At least one voting category must be supplied.");
} else {
for (final VoteCategory category : event.getVoteCategories()) {
try {
validateVoteCategory(category);
} catch (final ValidationException e) {
validationException.addAllMessages(e.getErrorMessages());
}
}
}
if (validationException.hasErrorMessages()) {
throw validationException;
}
}
