Hey
How do I correctly validate that a email is in the correct format?
I tried using the Apache Commons Validator library but, since Im using a web service, it seems not to want to fix it up and use it. I comply the code, make the aar, put it on the server, and it pops up a error saying it cant find the class when it works when coding and is included in the build path.
So what other ways can I correctly validate that a email is in the correct format?
Thanks!
you can easily write a method that does that, or a simple regex validation would suffice. off course, this would only check whether or not the e-mail address is 'formed' as an email-addres: <userName>@<hostname>.<domain>, it wouldn't check whether or not the e-mail address entered actually exists or not.
you can easily write a method that does that, or a simple regex validation would suffice. off course, this would only check whether or not the e-mail address is 'formed' as an email-addres: <userName>@<hostname>.<domain>, it wouldn't check whether or not the e-mail address entered actually exists or not.
Well, if it doesnt exist, that really doesnt matter to me as my email will always exist.
How can I validate it using a regular expression (regex)?
Thank you but the problem is that both http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/28334 and http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/42339 still allow invalid email address. Thats the problem with the examples Ive seen on the web: They dont explain anything at all (In a "here is the code, take it and use it" style) and some are outdated.
as I said: countless examples out there exist. it also depends on how you want your validation to go.
they are just ment as exactly what they are: examples, you'll have to modify them to get something you want to be 100% correct.
it also depends on how you want your validation to go.
Im not really sure what you ment by that.
Valid emails:
hi@aol.com
more.names@hello.aol.com
Things like that
Invalid
hiataol.com
hi@aol.com@
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