date validator
Description
Field Validator that checks if the date supplied is within a specific range.
NOTE: If no date converter is specified,
XWorkBasicConverterwill kick in to do the date conversion, which by default using theDate.SHORTformat using the specified locale else falling back to the system default locale.
Parameters
- fieldName- The field name this validator is validating. Required if using Plain-Validator Syntax otherwise not required.
- min- the min date range. If not specified will not be checked.
- max- the max date range. If not specified will not be checked.
- parse- if set to true, minExpression and maxExpression will be evaluated to find min/max.
- minExpression- expression to calculate the minimum value (if none is specified, it will not be checked).
- maxExpression- expression to calculate the maximum value (if none is specified, it will not be checked).
You can either use the min / max value or minExpression / maxExpression (when parse is set to true) - 
using expression can be slightly slower, see the example below.
Warning: Do not use
${minExpression}and${maxExpression}as an expression as this will turn into infinitive loop!
Examples
<validators>
    <!-- Plain Validator syntax -->
    <validator type="date">
        <param name="fieldName">birthday</param>
        <param name="min">01/01/1990</param>
        <param name="max">01/01/2000</param>
        <message>Birthday must be within ${min} and ${max}</message>
    </validator>
 
    <!-- Field Validator Syntax -->
    <field name="birthday">
        <field-validator type="date">
            <param name="min">01/01/1990</param>
            <param name="max">01/01/2000</param>
            <message>Birthday must be within ${min} and ${max}</message>
        </field-validator>
    </field>
 
    <!-- Field Validator Syntax with expression -->
    <field name="birthday">
        <field-validator type="date">
            <param name="minExpression">${minValue}</param> <!-- will be evaluated as: Date getMinValue() -->
            <param name="maxExpression">${maxValue}</param> <!-- will be evaluated as: Date getMaxValue() -->
            <message>Age needs to be between ${min} and ${max}</message>
        </field-validator>
    </field>
</validators>
