org.hibernate.validator.ap.checks
Class AnnotationTypeCheck

java.lang.Object
  org.hibernate.validator.ap.checks.AbstractConstraintCheck
      org.hibernate.validator.ap.checks.AnnotationTypeCheck

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConstraintCheck

public class AnnotationTypeCheck
extends AbstractConstraintCheck

Checks, that only constraint annotation types are annotated with other constraint annotations ("constraint composition"), but not non-constraint annotations.

Author:

Gunnar Morling

Constructor Summary

AnnotationTypeCheck(ConstraintHelper constraintHelper)

Method Summary

Set<ConstraintCheckError>

checkAnnotationType(TypeElement element, AnnotationMirror annotation) Checks, whether the given annotation is allowed at the given annotation type declaration.

Methods inherited from class org.hibernate.validator.ap.checks.AbstractConstraintCheck

checkField, checkMethod, checkNonAnnotationType

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AnnotationTypeCheck

public AnnotationTypeCheck(ConstraintHelper constraintHelper)

Method Detail

checkAnnotationType

public Set<ConstraintCheckError> checkAnnotationType(TypeElement element,
                                                     AnnotationMirror annotation)

Description copied from interface: ConstraintCheck

Checks, whether the given annotation is allowed at the given annotation type declaration.

Specified by:

checkAnnotationType in interface ConstraintCheck

Overrides:

checkAnnotationType in class AbstractConstraintCheck

Parameters:

element - An annotated annotation type declaration.

annotation - An annotation at that annotation type.

Returns:

A set with errors, that describe, why the given annotation is not allowed at the given element. In case no errors occur (the given annotation is allowed at the given element), an empty set must be returned.