JAL-715 - better validation logic

diff --git a/src/jalview/ws/rest/RestServiceDescription.java b/src/jalview/ws/rest/RestServiceDescription.java
index db35a2b..20895a2 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/ws/rest/RestServiceDescription.java
+++ b/src/jalview/ws/rest/RestServiceDescription.java
@@ -487,15 +487,16 @@ public class RestServiceDescription
    *          param warnings a StringBuffer that any warnings about invalid
    *          content will be appended to.
    */
-  private void configureFromServiceInputProperties(String propList,
+  private boolean configureFromServiceInputProperties(String propList,
           StringBuffer warnings)
   {
     String[] props = separatorListToArray(propList, ",");
     if (props == null)
     {
-      return;
+      return true;
     }
     ;
+    boolean valid=true;
     String val = null;
     int i;
     for (String prop : props)
@@ -520,8 +521,9 @@ public class RestServiceDescription
       }
       if (prop.equals("gapCharacter"))
       {
-        if (val == null || val.length() > 1)
+        if (val == null || val.length()==0 || val.length() > 1)
         {
+          valid=false;
           warnings.append((warnings.length() > 0 ? "\n" : "")
                   + ("Invalid service property: gapCharacter=' ' (single character) - was given '"
                           + val + "'"));
@@ -533,9 +535,12 @@ public class RestServiceDescription
       }
       if (prop.equals("returns"))
       {
+        int l=warnings.length();
         _configureOutputFormatFrom(val, warnings);
+        valid =  (l!=warnings.length());
       }
     }
+    return valid;
   }
 
   private String _genOutputFormatString()
@@ -627,23 +632,23 @@ public class RestServiceDescription
   public boolean configureFromEncodedString(String encoding,
           StringBuffer warnings)
   {
-    boolean valid = false;
+    boolean invalid = false;
     String[] list = separatorListToArray(encoding, "|");
     details.Name = list[0];
     details.Action = list[1];
     details.description = list[2];
-    configureFromServiceInputProperties(list[3], warnings);
+    invalid|=!configureFromServiceInputProperties(list[3], warnings);
     if (list.length > 5)
     {
       urlSuffix = list[4];
-      valid |= configureFromInputParamEncodedUrl(list[5], warnings);
+      invalid |= !configureFromInputParamEncodedUrl(list[5], warnings);
     }
     else
     {
       urlSuffix = null;
-      valid |= configureFromInputParamEncodedUrl(list[4], warnings);
+      invalid |= !configureFromInputParamEncodedUrl(list[4], warnings);
     }
-    return valid;
+    return !invalid;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -966,7 +971,7 @@ public class RestServiceDescription
     return jobId + urlSuffix;
   }
 
-  private List<JvDataType> resultData;
+  private List<JvDataType> resultData=new ArrayList<JvDataType>();
 
   /**
    *