org.hibernate.validator.metadata
Class MetaConstraint<A extends Annotation>

java.lang.Object
  org.hibernate.validator.metadata.MetaConstraint<A>

Direct Known Subclasses:

BeanMetaConstraint, MethodMetaConstraint

public abstract class MetaConstraint<A extends Annotation>
extends Object

Instances of this class abstract the constraint type (class, method or field constraint) and give access to meta data about the constraint. This allows a unified handling of constraints in the validator implementation.

Author:

Hardy Ferentschik, Gunnar Morling

Field Summary

protected ConstraintLocation

location The location at which this constraint is defined.

Constructor Summary

MetaConstraint(ConstraintDescriptorImpl<A> constraintDescriptor, ConstraintLocation location)

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object o)
ConstraintDescriptorImpl<A>	getDescriptor()
ElementType	getElementType()
Set<Class<?>>	getGroupList()
ConstraintLocation	getLocation()
int	hashCode()
String	toString()
protected Type	typeOfAnnotatedElement()
<T,U,V> boolean	validateConstraint(ValidationContext<T,?> executionContext, ValueContext<U,V> valueContext)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

location

protected final ConstraintLocation location

The location at which this constraint is defined.

Constructor Detail

MetaConstraint

public MetaConstraint(ConstraintDescriptorImpl<A> constraintDescriptor,
                      ConstraintLocation location)

Parameters:

constraintDescriptor - The constraint descriptor for this constraint

location - meta data about constraint placement

Method Detail

getGroupList

public final Set<Class<?>> getGroupList()

Returns:

Returns the list of groups this constraint is part of. This might include the default group even when it is not explicitly specified, but part of the redefined default group list of the hosting bean.

getDescriptor

public final ConstraintDescriptorImpl<A> getDescriptor()

getElementType

public final ElementType getElementType()

validateConstraint

public <T,U,V> boolean validateConstraint(ValidationContext<T,?> executionContext,
                                          ValueContext<U,V> valueContext)

getLocation

public ConstraintLocation getLocation()

typeOfAnnotatedElement

protected final Type typeOfAnnotatedElement()

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object