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package org.apache.uima.caseditor.editor.editview.validator;

import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ICellEditorValidator;


/**
 * This {@link ICellEditorValidator} validates {@link String} values which represents a
 * {@link Float}.
 *
 * For validation {@link Float#parseFloat(String)} is used.
 */
class FloatCellEditorValidator implements ICellEditorValidator {
  
  /**
   * Checks if the given value is a valid {@link Float}.
   *
   * @param value the value
   * @return null if valid otherwise an error message
   */
  @Override
  public String isValid(Object value) {
    assert value instanceof String;

    try {
      Float.parseFloat((String) value);
    } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
      return "Not a float!";
    }

    return null;
  }
}
