org.hibernate.validator.cfg
Class ConstraintDef<C extends ConstraintDef<C,A>,A extends Annotation>

java.lang.Object
  org.hibernate.validator.cfg.ConstraintDef<C,A>

Type Parameters:

C - The type of a concrete sub type. Following to the "self referencing generic type" pattern each sub type has to be parametrized with itself.

A - The constraint annotation type represented by a concrete sub type.

Direct Known Subclasses:

AssertFalseDef, AssertTrueDef, CreditCardNumberDef, DecimalMaxDef, DecimalMinDef, DigitsDef, EmailDef, FutureDef, GenericConstraintDef, LengthDef, MaxDef, MinDef, NotBlankDef, NotEmptyDef, NotNullDef, NullDef, PastDef, PatternDef, RangeDef, ScriptAssertDef, SizeDef, URLDef

public abstract class ConstraintDef<C extends ConstraintDef<C,A>,A extends Annotation>
extends Object

Base class for all constraint definition types. Each sub type represents a single constraint annotation type and allows to add this constraint to a bean class in a programmatic type-safe way with help of the ConstraintMapping API.

Author:

Hardy Ferentschik, Gunnar Morling

Field Summary

protected Class<A>	constraintType The constraint annotation type of this definition.
protected Map<String,Object>	parameters A map with the annotation parameters of this definition.

Constructor Summary

protected	ConstraintDef(Class<A> constraintType)
protected	ConstraintDef(ConstraintDef<?,A> original)

Method Summary

protected C	addParameter(String key, Object value)
C	groups(Class<?>... groups)
C	message(String message)
C	payload(Class<? extends Payload>... payload)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

constraintType

protected final Class<A extends Annotation> constraintType

The constraint annotation type of this definition.

parameters

protected final Map<String,Object> parameters

A map with the annotation parameters of this definition. Keys are property names of this definition's annotation type, values are annotation parameter values of the appropriate types.

Constructor Detail

ConstraintDef

protected ConstraintDef(Class<A> constraintType)

ConstraintDef

protected ConstraintDef(ConstraintDef<?,A> original)

Method Detail

addParameter

protected C addParameter(String key,
                         Object value)

message

public C message(String message)

groups

public C groups(Class<?>... groups)

payload

public C payload(Class<? extends Payload>... payload)

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object