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[jira] Resolved: (VALIDATOR-188) Extend ISBN validator to support smooth transition to ISBN-13 / EAN-13 standard

     [ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VALIDATOR-188?page=all ]

Niall Pemberton resolved VALIDATOR-188.
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    Resolution: Fixed
      Assignee: Niall Pemberton

Gabriel,

First of all thanks for raising this issue (I wasn't aware of the ISBN-13 change until you brought it up) and for taking the time to supply patches.

Sorry I didn't answer your points about targeting this for Validator 1.4 - must have slipped past my radar. Now Java 6 has been released[1] I believe it is Sun's intention to stop support for JDK 1.3 so IMO I don't believe it will be such a big issue for most people to have a minimum JDK 1.4 dependency. I have consulted on moving Validator's minimum JDK dependency[2] and I believe a year on from the poll I did JDK 1.3 usage will be much lower than the 25% it was then and will accelerate now JDK 1.3 is "end of life".

ISBNValidator[3] has now been completly re-written with the check digit calculation factored out into separate routines [4] and (re-)using the new CodeValidator[5]. Although I didn't directly apply your patches - I did use your work in the re-write and appreciate you submitting the code in the first place.

Thanks

Niall

[1] http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=43434
[2] http://tinyurl.com/udvrj
[3] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jakarta/commons/proper/validator/trunk/src/share/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/ISBNValidator.java
[4] http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/validator/apidocs/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/checkdigit/package-summary.html
[5] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jakarta/commons/proper/validator/trunk/src/share/org/apache/commons/validator/routines/CodeValidator.java

> Extend ISBN validator to support smooth transition to ISBN-13 / EAN-13 standard
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: VALIDATOR-188
>                 URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VALIDATOR-188
>             Project: Commons Validator
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Routines
>    Affects Versions: 1.2.0 Release
>            Reporter: Gabriel Belingueres
>         Assigned To: Niall Pemberton
>             Fix For: 1.4
>
>         Attachments: ISBNValidator.java, ISBNValidatorTest.java
>
>
> Hi,
> I just revised the ISBNValidator to support ISBN-13 / EAN-13 standards, which will begin its use on 2007 (see http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/isbn/transition.asp for more information).
> To support a smooth transition, I changed the isValid(String) method so that it can validate all ISBN-10, ISBN-13 and EAN-13 codes. In addition, I created methods for validating only ISBN-10, only EAN-13, or ISBN-13 / EAN-13 codes.  This way, anyone could have support for
> the new standard by just changing the .jar file.
> Please note that I've changed a few method names, and you may want to check the code style to match the existing one (however I tried to follow it whenever I could).
> Regards,
> Gabriel Belingueres

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