/** Validate prerequisites entries (prerequisite.csv) */ public void validatePrerequisites() { String file = "prerequisite.csv"; // CHECK ALL ENTRIES FOR BLANK FIELDS for (int i = 0; i < entries.size(); i++) { boolean rowHasMissingFields = false; // Line Number. First row (index 0) is data row. So +2 to get line number. int line = i + 2; ArrayList<String> rowMessageList = new ArrayList<>(); String[] row = entries.get(i); rowHasMissingFields = tool.rowHasMissingFields(row, rowMessageList); if (rowHasMissingFields) { blacklistedEntries.add(row); String[] message = rowMessageList.toArray(new String[0]); errorList.add(new BootstrapError(file, line, message)); } } // STEP 2: CHECK ALL FOR invalidExamDate invalidStart, invalidEnd for (int i = 0; i < entries.size(); i++) { boolean rowHasInvalidCourse = false; boolean rowHasInvalidPrerequisite = false; boolean rowHasDuplicatePrimaryKey = false; int line = i + 2; ArrayList<String> rowMessageList = new ArrayList<>(); String[] row = entries.get(i); // if not already blacklisted due to error if (!blacklistedEntries.contains(row)) { rowHasInvalidCourse = tool.rowHasInvalidCourse(row, rowMessageList); rowHasInvalidPrerequisite = tool.rowHasInvalidPrerequisite(row, rowMessageList); // if there are duplicates, the latest/bottomest row will be accepted. // The earlier rows will be errored. String foreignKey = "course"; String primaryKey = "prerequisite"; // rowHasDuplicatePrimaryKey = // tool.rowHasDuplicatePrimaryKey(foreignKey,primaryKey,row,rowMessageList); /* * NO NEED TO TEST FOR DUPLICATES */ // Blacklist row if any of the validations blacklistedEntries are "true" if (rowHasInvalidCourse || rowHasInvalidPrerequisite || rowHasDuplicatePrimaryKey) { blacklistedEntries.add(row); // add row to blackList String[] message = rowMessageList.toArray(new String[0]); errorList.add(new BootstrapError(file, line, message)); } } } // end of 2nd for-loop // method ends }