javax.validation

Enum ElementKind

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<ElementKind>

javax.validation.ElementKind

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<ElementKind>

public enum ElementKind
extends Enum<ElementKind>

Enum of possible kinds of elements encountered in Jakarta Bean Validation.

Mostly elements that can be constrained and described in the metadata but also elements that can be part of a Path and represented by a Path.Node

Since:

1.1

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard, Gunnar Morling, Guillaume Smet

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
BEAN A Java Bean or object.
CONSTRUCTOR A constructor.
CONTAINER_ELEMENT An element stored in a container, e.g.
CROSS_PARAMETER Element holding cross-parameter constraints of a method or constructor.
METHOD A method.
PARAMETER A parameter of a method or constructor.
PROPERTY A property of a Java Bean.
RETURN_VALUE The return value of a method or constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ElementKind	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static ElementKind[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

BEAN

public static final ElementKind BEAN

A Java Bean or object.

PROPERTY

public static final ElementKind PROPERTY

A property of a Java Bean.

METHOD

public static final ElementKind METHOD

A method.

CONSTRUCTOR

public static final ElementKind CONSTRUCTOR

A constructor.

PARAMETER

public static final ElementKind PARAMETER

A parameter of a method or constructor.

CROSS_PARAMETER

public static final ElementKind CROSS_PARAMETER

Element holding cross-parameter constraints of a method or constructor.

RETURN_VALUE

public static final ElementKind RETURN_VALUE

The return value of a method or constructor.

CONTAINER_ELEMENT

public static final ElementKind CONTAINER_ELEMENT

An element stored in a container, e.g. a key or value of a Map or an element of a List.

Since:

2.0

Method Detail

values

public static ElementKind[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (ElementKind c : ElementKind.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static ElementKind valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null