Hi??
i have a problem in java...and i'm not quite sure how to solve it,i need
help in validating the input as stated in the problem below everything else
i can do..

i have started something but not sure what to do next.

Here is the problem:
Problem 1
A program accepts identification number, first name, last name, and email
address of a user. It validates the data as per following specifications:


.identification number – no blanks, four numerical characters;
.first name – no blanks, all alphabetical characters;
.last name – same as for first name;
.email address–
.no blanks;
.only one ‘@’character;
,there is at least one word before ‘@’, and at least two words after ‘@’,
both words(following ‘@’ joined by ‘.’, no space between the words before
and after the ‘.’ character.
Assume that there are maximum of two words following ‘@’character, and there
are maximum of 25 characters in the email address.

If any of the data item is invalid, program displays an appropriate message
to the user and asks for re-entry of that item.
When all data items entered are valid, program creates a password for the
user by joining:
.first two characters of first name;
.2nd and 3rd characters of identification
.last three characters from the last name;
in above order.
Password is then relayed back to user. Later then enters this password and
program then checks that user has entered the correct password (as created
for him/her), and displays the message to the user accordingly.

You do not need to create any special user interface but must utilize string
and array processing functions

and here is my source code so far..

thanks

kind regards,
Atif.

/*************************************************************************/

import java.io.*;
public class UserValidation {

//declare variables
private int id = 0;
private String firstname = "";
private String lastname = "";
private String email = "";

private BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(System.in));

public UserValidation(int id, String firstname, String lastname, String
email){
this.id = id;
this.firstname = firstname;
this.lastname = lastname;
this.email = email;
}

//you can throw NumberFormatException to verify if the user entered an
integer
// parseInt throws a NumberFormatException if the argument is not valid

public int getId() throws NumberFormatException{
//System.out.println("Input UserID:");
//id = Integer.parseInt(input.readLine());
return id;
}
public String getfName(){
return firstname;
}
public String getlName(){
return lastname;
}
public String getEmail(){
return email;
}
public void display(){

// you must catch the IOException thrown by getId function

try{
System.out.println(" " + getId() + " " + getfName() + " " + getlName()
+ " " + getEmail());
}catch(NumberFormatException nfe){}
}

public static void main (String args[]){
//initialize user data members with an appropriate constructor
or set functions
UserValidation user = new UserValidation(1234,"Atif","Bokhari","Atif_bok@yahoo.com");
user.display();
}
}