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 /*******************************************************************************
  * Copyright (c) 2005 IBM Corporation.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
  * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
  *
  * Contributors:
  *     IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.equinox.metatype;

 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 import java.util.Vector;
 import org.eclipse.osgi.util.NLS;
 import org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition;

 /**
  * Implementation of AttributeDefintion
  */
 public class AttributeDefinitionImpl extends LocalizationElement implements AttributeDefinition, Cloneable {

 	String _name;
 	String _id;
 	String _description;
 	int _cardinality = 0;
 	int _dataType;
 	Object _minValue = null;
 	Object _maxValue = null;
 	boolean _isRequired = true;

 	String[] _defaults = null;
 	Vector _dfts_vector = new Vector(7);
 	Vector _values = new Vector(7);
 	Vector _labels = new Vector(7);

 	/**
 	 * Constructor of class AttributeDefinitionImpl.
 	 */
 	public AttributeDefinitionImpl(String id, String name, String description, int type, int cardinality, Object min, Object max, boolean isRequired, String localization) {

 		this._id = id;
 		this._name = name;
 		this._description = description;
 		this._dataType = type;
 		this._cardinality = cardinality;
 		this._minValue = min;
 		this._maxValue = max;
 		this._isRequired = isRequired;
 		this._localization = localization;
 	}

 	/*
 	 *
 	 */
 	public synchronized Object clone() {

 		AttributeDefinitionImpl ad = new AttributeDefinitionImpl(_id, _name, _description, _dataType, _cardinality, _minValue, _maxValue, _isRequired, _localization);

 		if (_defaults != null) {
 			ad.setDefaultValue((String[]) _defaults.clone(), false);
 		}
 		if ((_labels != null) && (_values != null)) {
 			ad.setOption((Vector) _labels.clone(), (Vector) _values.clone(), false);
 		}

 		return ad;
 	}

 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 *
 	 * @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getName()
 	 */
 	public String getName() {
 		return getLocalized(_name);
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Method to set the name of AttributeDefinition.
 	 */
 	void setName(String name) {
 		this._name = name;
 	}

 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 *
 	 * @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getID()
 	 */
 	public String getID() {
 		return _id;
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Method to set the ID of AttributeDefinition.
 	 */
 	void setID(String id) {
 		this._id = id;
 	}

 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 *
 	 * @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getDescription()
 	 */
 	public String getDescription() {
 		return getLocalized(_description);
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Method to set the description of AttributeDefinition.
 	 */
 	void setDescription(String description) {
 		this._description = description;
 	}

 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 *
 	 * @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getCardinality()
 	 */
 	public int getCardinality() {
 		return _cardinality;
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Method to set the cardinality of AttributeDefinition.
 	 */
 	void setCardinality(int cardinality) {
 		this._cardinality = cardinality;
 	}

 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 *
 	 * @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getType()
 	 */
 	public int getType() {
 		return _dataType;
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Method to set the data type of AttributeDefinition.
 	 */
 	void setType(int type) {
 		this._dataType = type;
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Method to get the required flag of AttributeDefinition.
 	 */
 	boolean isRequired() {
 		return _isRequired;
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Method to set the required flag of AttributeDefinition.
 	 */
 	void setRequired(boolean isRequired) {
 		this._isRequired = isRequired;
 	}

 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 *
 	 * @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getOptionLabels()
 	 */
 	public String[] getOptionLabels() {

 		if ((_labels == null) || (_labels.size() == 0)) {
 			return null;
 		}

 		String[] returnedLabels = new String[_labels.size()];
 		Enumeration labelKeys = _labels.elements();
 		int i = 0;
 		while (labelKeys.hasMoreElements()) {
 			String labelKey = (String) labelKeys.nextElement();
 			returnedLabels[i] = getLocalized(labelKey);
 			i++;
 		}
 		return returnedLabels;
 	}

 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 *
 	 * @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getOptionValues()
 	 */
 	public String[] getOptionValues() {

 		if ((_values == null) || (_values.size() == 0)) {
 			return null;
 		}

 		String[] returnedValues = new String[_values.size()];
 		Enumeration valueKeys = _values.elements();
 		int i = 0;
 		while (valueKeys.hasMoreElements()) {
 			String valueKey = (String) valueKeys.nextElement();
 			returnedValues[i] = getLocalized(valueKey);
 			i++;
 		}
 		return returnedValues;
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Method to set the Option values of AttributeDefinition.
 	 */
 	void setOption(Vector labels, Vector values, boolean needValidation) {

 		if ((labels == null) || (values == null)) {
 			Logging.log(Logging.ERROR, this, "setOption(Vector, Vector, boolean)", //$NON-NLS-1$
 					MetaTypeMsg.NULL_OPTIONS);
 			return;
 		}

 		if (labels.size() != values.size()) {
 			Logging.log(Logging.ERROR, this, "setOption(Vector, Vector, boolean)", //$NON-NLS-1$
 					MetaTypeMsg.INCONSISTENT_OPTIONS);
 			return;
 		}

 		_labels = labels;
 		_values = values;

 		if (needValidation) {
 			for (int index = 0; index < _labels.size(); index++) {
 				String reason = validate((String) _values.get(index));
 				if ((reason != null) && reason.length() > 0) {
 					Logging.log(Logging.WARN, NLS.bind(MetaTypeMsg.INVALID_OPTIONS, _values.get(index), reason));
 					_labels.remove(index);
 					_values.remove(index);
 					index--; // Because this one has been removed.
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}

 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 *
 	 * @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getDefaultValue()
 	 */
 	public String[] getDefaultValue() {
 		return _defaults;
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Method to set the default value of AttributeDefinition.
 	 * The given parameter is a comma delimited list needed to be parsed.
 	 */
 	void setDefaultValue(String defaults_str, boolean needValidation) {

 		ValueTokenizer vt = new ValueTokenizer(defaults_str);
 		setDefaultValue(vt.getValuesAsArray(), needValidation);
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Method to set the default value of AttributeDefinition.
 	 * The given parameter is a String array of multi values.
 	 */
 	void setDefaultValue(String[] defaults, boolean needValidation) {

 		_defaults = defaults;
 		// Do we also need to make sure if defaults are validated?
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Method to set the validation value - min of AttributeDefinition.
 	 */
 	void setMinValue(Object minValue) {
 		this._minValue = minValue;
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Method to set the validation value - max of AttributeDefinition.
 	 */
 	void setMaxValue(Object maxValue) {
 		this._maxValue = maxValue;
 	}

 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 *
 	 * @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#validate(java.lang.String)
 	 */
 	public String validate(String value) {

 		if (value == null) {
 			return MetaTypeMsg.NULL_IS_INVALID;
 		}
 		if ((_minValue == null) && (_maxValue == null)) {
 			if (_dataType != STRING) {
 				// No validation present
 				return null;
 			}
 			if (_values.size() < 1)
 				// No validation present
 				return null;
 		}

 		// Addtional validation for STRING.
 		if (_dataType == STRING && _values.size() > 0 && !_values.contains(value)) {
 			return NLS.bind(MetaTypeMsg.VALUE_OUT_OF_OPTION, value);
 		}

 		try {
 			if (_cardinality != 0) {
 				ValueTokenizer vt = new ValueTokenizer(value);
 				Vector value_vector = vt.getValuesAsVector();

 				if (value_vector.size() > Math.abs(_cardinality)) {
 					return NLS.bind(MetaTypeMsg.TOO_MANY_VALUES, value, new Integer(Math.abs(_cardinality)));
 				}
 				for (int i = 0; i < value_vector.size(); i++) {
 					String return_msg = validateRange((String) value_vector.get(i));
 					if (!"".equals(return_msg)) { //$NON-NLS-1$
 						// Returned String states why the value is invalid.
 						return return_msg;
 					}
 				}
 				// No problems detected
 				return ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
 			}
 			// Only when cardinality is '0', it comes here.
 			String return_msg = validateRange(value);
 			return return_msg;
 		} catch (Throwable t) {
 			return NLS.bind(MetaTypeMsg.EXCEPTION_MESSAGE, t.getClass().getName(), t.getMessage());
 		}
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Internal Method - to validate data in range.
 	 */
 	private String validateRange(String value) {

 		boolean rangeError = false;

 		switch (_dataType) {
 			case STRING :
 				if ((_minValue != null) && (_maxValue != null)) {
 					if (value.length() > ((Integer) _maxValue).intValue() || value.length() < ((Integer) _minValue).intValue()) {
 						rangeError = true;
 					}
 				}
 				break;
 			case LONG :
 				Long longVal = new Long(value);
 				if (_minValue != null && longVal.compareTo((Long) _minValue) < 0) {
 					rangeError = true;
 				} else if (_maxValue != null && longVal.compareTo((Long) _maxValue) > 0) {
 					rangeError = true;
 				}
 				break;
 			case INTEGER :
 				Integer intVal = new Integer(value);
 				if (_minValue != null && intVal.compareTo((Integer) _minValue) < 0) {
 					rangeError = true;
 				} else if (_maxValue != null && intVal.compareTo((Integer) _maxValue) > 0) {
 					rangeError = true;
 				}
 				break;
 			case SHORT :
 				Short shortVal = new Short(value);
 				if (_minValue != null && shortVal.compareTo((Short) _minValue) < 0) {
 					rangeError = true;
 				} else if (_maxValue != null && shortVal.compareTo((Short) _maxValue) > 0) {
 					rangeError = true;
 				}
 				break;
 			case CHARACTER :
 				Character charVal = new Character(value.charAt(0));
 				if (_minValue != null && charVal.compareTo((Character) _minValue) < 0) {
 					rangeError = true;
 				} else if (_maxValue != null && charVal.compareTo((Character) _maxValue) > 0) {
 					rangeError = true;
 				}
 				break;
 			case BYTE :
 				Byte byteVal = new Byte(value);
 				if (_minValue != null && byteVal.compareTo((Byte) _minValue) < 0) {
 					rangeError = true;
 				} else if (_maxValue != null && byteVal.compareTo((Byte) _maxValue) > 0) {
 					rangeError = true;
 				}
 				break;
 			case DOUBLE :
 				Double doubleVal = new Double(value);
 				if (_minValue != null && doubleVal.compareTo((Double) _minValue) < 0) {
 					rangeError = true;
 				} else if (_maxValue != null && doubleVal.compareTo((Double) _maxValue) > 0) {
 					rangeError = true;
 				}
 				break;
 			case FLOAT :
 				Float floatVal = new Float(value);
 				if (_minValue != null && floatVal.compareTo((Float) _minValue) < 0) {
 					rangeError = true;
 				} else if (_maxValue != null && floatVal.compareTo((Float) _maxValue) > 0) {
 					rangeError = true;
 				}
 				break;
 			case BIGINTEGER :
 				try {
 					Class bigIntClazz = Class.forName("java.math.BigInteger"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 					Constructor bigIntConstructor = bigIntClazz.getConstructor(new Class[] {String.class});
 					Comparable bigIntObject = (Comparable) bigIntConstructor.newInstance(new Object[] {value});
 					if (_minValue != null && bigIntObject.compareTo(_minValue) < 0) {
 						rangeError = true;
 					} else if (_maxValue != null && bigIntObject.compareTo(_maxValue) > 0) {
 						rangeError = true;
 					}
 				} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
 					e.printStackTrace();
 					return null;
 				} catch (SecurityException e) {
 					e.printStackTrace();
 					return null;
 				} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
 					e.printStackTrace();
 					return null;
 				} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
 					e.printStackTrace();
 					return null;
 				} catch (InstantiationException e) {
 					e.printStackTrace();
 					return null;
 				} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
 					e.printStackTrace();
 					return null;
 				} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
 					e.printStackTrace();
 					return null;
 				}
 				break;
 			case BIGDECIMAL :
 				try {
 					Class bigDecimalClazz = Class.forName("java.math.BigDecimal"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 					Constructor bigDecimalConstructor = bigDecimalClazz.getConstructor(new Class[] {String.class});
 					Comparable bigDecimalObject = (Comparable) bigDecimalConstructor.newInstance(new Object[] {value});
 					if (_minValue != null && bigDecimalObject.compareTo(_minValue) < 0) {
 						rangeError = true;
 					} else if (_maxValue != null && bigDecimalObject.compareTo(_maxValue) > 0) {
 						rangeError = true;
 					}
 				} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
 					e.printStackTrace();
 					return null;
 				} catch (SecurityException e) {
 					e.printStackTrace();
 					return null;
 				} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
 					e.printStackTrace();
 					return null;
 				} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
 					e.printStackTrace();
 					return null;
 				} catch (InstantiationException e) {
 					e.printStackTrace();
 					return null;
 				} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
 					e.printStackTrace();
 					return null;
 				} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
 					e.printStackTrace();
 					return null;
 				}
 				break;
 			case BOOLEAN :
 				// shouldn't ever get boolean - this is a range validation
 			default :
 				return null;
 		}

 		if (rangeError) {
 			return (NLS.bind(MetaTypeMsg.VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE, value));
 		}
 		// No problems detected
 		return (""); //$NON-NLS-1$
 	}
 }
	/*******************************************************************************
	* Copyright (c) 2005 IBM Corporation.
	* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
	* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
	* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
	* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
	*
	* Contributors:
	* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
	*******************************************************************************/
	package org.eclipse.equinox.metatype;

	import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
	import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
	import java.util.Enumeration;
	import java.util.Vector;
	import org.eclipse.osgi.util.NLS;
	import org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition;

	/**
	* Implementation of AttributeDefintion
	*/
	public class AttributeDefinitionImpl extends LocalizationElement implements AttributeDefinition, Cloneable {

	String _name;
	String _id;
	String _description;
	int _cardinality = 0;
	int _dataType;
	Object _minValue = null;
	Object _maxValue = null;
	boolean _isRequired = true;

	String[] _defaults = null;
	Vector _dfts_vector = new Vector(7);
	Vector _values = new Vector(7);
	Vector _labels = new Vector(7);

	/**
	* Constructor of class AttributeDefinitionImpl.
	*/
	public AttributeDefinitionImpl(String id, String name, String description, int type, int cardinality, Object min, Object max, boolean isRequired, String localization) {

	this._id = id;
	this._name = name;
	this._description = description;
	this._dataType = type;
	this._cardinality = cardinality;
	this._minValue = min;
	this._maxValue = max;
	this._isRequired = isRequired;
	this._localization = localization;
	}

	/*
	*
	*/
	public synchronized Object clone() {

	AttributeDefinitionImpl ad = new AttributeDefinitionImpl(_id, _name, _description, _dataType, _cardinality, _minValue, _maxValue, _isRequired, _localization);

	if (_defaults != null) {
	ad.setDefaultValue((String[]) _defaults.clone(), false);
	}
	if ((_labels != null) && (_values != null)) {
	ad.setOption((Vector) _labels.clone(), (Vector) _values.clone(), false);
	}

	return ad;
	}

	/*
	* (non-Javadoc)
	*
	* @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getName()
	*/
	public String getName() {
	return getLocalized(_name);
	}

	/**
	* Method to set the name of AttributeDefinition.
	*/
	void setName(String name) {
	this._name = name;
	}

	/*
	* (non-Javadoc)
	*
	* @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getID()
	*/
	public String getID() {
	return _id;
	}

	/**
	* Method to set the ID of AttributeDefinition.
	*/
	void setID(String id) {
	this._id = id;
	}

	/*
	* (non-Javadoc)
	*
	* @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getDescription()
	*/
	public String getDescription() {
	return getLocalized(_description);
	}

	/**
	* Method to set the description of AttributeDefinition.
	*/
	void setDescription(String description) {
	this._description = description;
	}

	/*
	* (non-Javadoc)
	*
	* @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getCardinality()
	*/
	public int getCardinality() {
	return _cardinality;
	}

	/**
	* Method to set the cardinality of AttributeDefinition.
	*/
	void setCardinality(int cardinality) {
	this._cardinality = cardinality;
	}

	/*
	* (non-Javadoc)
	*
	* @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getType()
	*/
	public int getType() {
	return _dataType;
	}

	/**
	* Method to set the data type of AttributeDefinition.
	*/
	void setType(int type) {
	this._dataType = type;
	}

	/**
	* Method to get the required flag of AttributeDefinition.
	*/
	boolean isRequired() {
	return _isRequired;
	}

	/**
	* Method to set the required flag of AttributeDefinition.
	*/
	void setRequired(boolean isRequired) {
	this._isRequired = isRequired;
	}

	/*
	* (non-Javadoc)
	*
	* @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getOptionLabels()
	*/
	public String[] getOptionLabels() {

	if ((_labels == null) \|\| (_labels.size() == 0)) {
	return null;
	}

	String[] returnedLabels = new String[_labels.size()];
	Enumeration labelKeys = _labels.elements();
	int i = 0;
	while (labelKeys.hasMoreElements()) {
	String labelKey = (String) labelKeys.nextElement();
	returnedLabels[i] = getLocalized(labelKey);
	i++;
	}
	return returnedLabels;
	}

	/*
	* (non-Javadoc)
	*
	* @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getOptionValues()
	*/
	public String[] getOptionValues() {

	if ((_values == null) \|\| (_values.size() == 0)) {
	return null;
	}

	String[] returnedValues = new String[_values.size()];
	Enumeration valueKeys = _values.elements();
	int i = 0;
	while (valueKeys.hasMoreElements()) {
	String valueKey = (String) valueKeys.nextElement();
	returnedValues[i] = getLocalized(valueKey);
	i++;
	}
	return returnedValues;
	}

	/**
	* Method to set the Option values of AttributeDefinition.
	*/
	void setOption(Vector labels, Vector values, boolean needValidation) {

	if ((labels == null) \|\| (values == null)) {
	Logging.log(Logging.ERROR, this, "setOption(Vector, Vector, boolean)", //$NON-NLS-1$
	MetaTypeMsg.NULL_OPTIONS);
	return;
	}

	if (labels.size() != values.size()) {
	Logging.log(Logging.ERROR, this, "setOption(Vector, Vector, boolean)", //$NON-NLS-1$
	MetaTypeMsg.INCONSISTENT_OPTIONS);
	return;
	}

	_labels = labels;
	_values = values;

	if (needValidation) {
	for (int index = 0; index < _labels.size(); index++) {
	String reason = validate((String) _values.get(index));
	if ((reason != null) && reason.length() > 0) {
	Logging.log(Logging.WARN, NLS.bind(MetaTypeMsg.INVALID_OPTIONS, _values.get(index), reason));
	_labels.remove(index);
	_values.remove(index);
	index--; // Because this one has been removed.
	}
	}
	}
	}

	/*
	* (non-Javadoc)
	*
	* @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#getDefaultValue()
	*/
	public String[] getDefaultValue() {
	return _defaults;
	}

	/**
	* Method to set the default value of AttributeDefinition.
	* The given parameter is a comma delimited list needed to be parsed.
	*/
	void setDefaultValue(String defaults_str, boolean needValidation) {

	ValueTokenizer vt = new ValueTokenizer(defaults_str);
	setDefaultValue(vt.getValuesAsArray(), needValidation);
	}

	/**
	* Method to set the default value of AttributeDefinition.
	* The given parameter is a String array of multi values.
	*/
	void setDefaultValue(String[] defaults, boolean needValidation) {

	_defaults = defaults;
	// Do we also need to make sure if defaults are validated?
	}

	/**
	* Method to set the validation value - min of AttributeDefinition.
	*/
	void setMinValue(Object minValue) {
	this._minValue = minValue;
	}

	/**
	* Method to set the validation value - max of AttributeDefinition.
	*/
	void setMaxValue(Object maxValue) {
	this._maxValue = maxValue;
	}

	/*
	* (non-Javadoc)
	*
	* @see org.osgi.service.metatype.AttributeDefinition#validate(java.lang.String)
	*/
	public String validate(String value) {

	if (value == null) {
	return MetaTypeMsg.NULL_IS_INVALID;
	}
	if ((_minValue == null) && (_maxValue == null)) {
	if (_dataType != STRING) {
	// No validation present
	return null;
	}
	if (_values.size() < 1)
	// No validation present
	return null;
	}

	// Addtional validation for STRING.
	if (_dataType == STRING && _values.size() > 0 && !_values.contains(value)) {
	return NLS.bind(MetaTypeMsg.VALUE_OUT_OF_OPTION, value);
	}

	try {
	if (_cardinality != 0) {
	ValueTokenizer vt = new ValueTokenizer(value);
	Vector value_vector = vt.getValuesAsVector();

	if (value_vector.size() > Math.abs(_cardinality)) {
	return NLS.bind(MetaTypeMsg.TOO_MANY_VALUES, value, new Integer(Math.abs(_cardinality)));
	}
	for (int i = 0; i < value_vector.size(); i++) {
	String return_msg = validateRange((String) value_vector.get(i));
	if (!"".equals(return_msg)) { //$NON-NLS-1$
	// Returned String states why the value is invalid.
	return return_msg;
	}
	}
	// No problems detected
	return ""; //$NON-NLS-1$
	}
	// Only when cardinality is '0', it comes here.
	String return_msg = validateRange(value);
	return return_msg;
	} catch (Throwable t) {
	return NLS.bind(MetaTypeMsg.EXCEPTION_MESSAGE, t.getClass().getName(), t.getMessage());
	}
	}

	/**
	* Internal Method - to validate data in range.
	*/
	private String validateRange(String value) {

	boolean rangeError = false;

	switch (_dataType) {
	case STRING :
	if ((_minValue != null) && (_maxValue != null)) {
	if (value.length() > ((Integer) _maxValue).intValue() \|\| value.length() < ((Integer) _minValue).intValue()) {
	rangeError = true;
	}
	}
	break;
	case LONG :
	Long longVal = new Long(value);
	if (_minValue != null && longVal.compareTo((Long) _minValue) < 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	} else if (_maxValue != null && longVal.compareTo((Long) _maxValue) > 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	}
	break;
	case INTEGER :
	Integer intVal = new Integer(value);
	if (_minValue != null && intVal.compareTo((Integer) _minValue) < 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	} else if (_maxValue != null && intVal.compareTo((Integer) _maxValue) > 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	}
	break;
	case SHORT :
	Short shortVal = new Short(value);
	if (_minValue != null && shortVal.compareTo((Short) _minValue) < 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	} else if (_maxValue != null && shortVal.compareTo((Short) _maxValue) > 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	}
	break;
	case CHARACTER :
	Character charVal = new Character(value.charAt(0));
	if (_minValue != null && charVal.compareTo((Character) _minValue) < 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	} else if (_maxValue != null && charVal.compareTo((Character) _maxValue) > 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	}
	break;
	case BYTE :
	Byte byteVal = new Byte(value);
	if (_minValue != null && byteVal.compareTo((Byte) _minValue) < 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	} else if (_maxValue != null && byteVal.compareTo((Byte) _maxValue) > 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	}
	break;
	case DOUBLE :
	Double doubleVal = new Double(value);
	if (_minValue != null && doubleVal.compareTo((Double) _minValue) < 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	} else if (_maxValue != null && doubleVal.compareTo((Double) _maxValue) > 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	}
	break;
	case FLOAT :
	Float floatVal = new Float(value);
	if (_minValue != null && floatVal.compareTo((Float) _minValue) < 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	} else if (_maxValue != null && floatVal.compareTo((Float) _maxValue) > 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	}
	break;
	case BIGINTEGER :
	try {
	Class bigIntClazz = Class.forName("java.math.BigInteger"); //$NON-NLS-1$
	Constructor bigIntConstructor = bigIntClazz.getConstructor(new Class[] {String.class});
	Comparable bigIntObject = (Comparable) bigIntConstructor.newInstance(new Object[] {value});
	if (_minValue != null && bigIntObject.compareTo(_minValue) < 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	} else if (_maxValue != null && bigIntObject.compareTo(_maxValue) > 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	}
	} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
	return null;
	} catch (SecurityException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
	return null;
	} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
	return null;
	} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
	return null;
	} catch (InstantiationException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
	return null;
	} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
	return null;
	} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
	return null;
	}
	break;
	case BIGDECIMAL :
	try {
	Class bigDecimalClazz = Class.forName("java.math.BigDecimal"); //$NON-NLS-1$
	Constructor bigDecimalConstructor = bigDecimalClazz.getConstructor(new Class[] {String.class});
	Comparable bigDecimalObject = (Comparable) bigDecimalConstructor.newInstance(new Object[] {value});
	if (_minValue != null && bigDecimalObject.compareTo(_minValue) < 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	} else if (_maxValue != null && bigDecimalObject.compareTo(_maxValue) > 0) {
	rangeError = true;
	}
	} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
	return null;
	} catch (SecurityException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
	return null;
	} catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
	return null;
	} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
	return null;
	} catch (InstantiationException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
	return null;
	} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
	return null;
	} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
	e.printStackTrace();
	return null;
	}
	break;
	case BOOLEAN :
	// shouldn't ever get boolean - this is a range validation
	default :
	return null;
	}

	if (rangeError) {
	return (NLS.bind(MetaTypeMsg.VALUE_OUT_OF_RANGE, value));
	}
	// No problems detected
	return (""); //$NON-NLS-1$
	}
	}