Validation (Apache Tomcat 9.0.119 API Documentation)
Description: declaration: package: org.apache.el.util, class: Validation

# Class Validation

java.lang.Object
org.apache.el.util.Validation

public class Validation extends Object
Utility class for validation operations related to EL identifiers.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `static boolean`
  `isIdentifier(String key)`
  Test whether a string is a Java identifier.

  ### Methods inherited from class Object

  `clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Method Details

  - ### isIdentifier

    public static boolean isIdentifier(String key)
    Test whether a string is a Java identifier. Note that the behaviour of this method depend on the system property `org.apache.el.parser.SKIP_IDENTIFIER_CHECK`
    Parameters:
      `key` - The string to test
    Returns:
      `true` if the provided String should be treated as a Java identifier, otherwise false