org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.aggregated

Interface ConstraintMetaData

All Superinterfaces:

Iterable<MetaConstraint<?>>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConstraintMetaData, MethodMetaData, ParameterMetaData, PropertyMetaData

public interface ConstraintMetaData
extends Iterable<MetaConstraint<?>>

An aggregated view of the constraint related meta data for a given bean/type element and all the elements in the inheritance hierarchy which it overrides or implements.

Author:

Gunnar Morling

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	ConstraintMetaData.ConstraintMetaDataKind The kind of a ConstraintMetaData.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ElementDescriptor	asDescriptor(boolean defaultGroupSequenceRedefined, List<Class<?>> defaultGroupSequence) Returns this meta data object's corresponding representation in the descriptor model.
ConstraintMetaData.ConstraintMetaDataKind	getKind() Returns the kind of this meta data object.
String	getName() Returns the name of this meta data object.
Class<?>	getType() Returns the data type of this meta data object, e.g.
boolean	isCascading() Whether this meta data object is marked for cascaded validation or not.
boolean	isConstrained() Whether this meta data object is constrained by any means or not.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Iterable

iterator

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of this meta data object.

Returns:

This meta data object's name.

getType

Class<?> getType()

Returns the data type of this meta data object, e.g. the type of a bean property or the return type of a method.

Returns:

This meta data object's type.

getKind

ConstraintMetaData.ConstraintMetaDataKind getKind()

Returns the kind of this meta data object.

Returns:

The kind of this meta data object.

isCascading

boolean isCascading()

Whether this meta data object is marked for cascaded validation or not.

Returns:

True if this object is marked for cascaded validation, false otherwise.

isConstrained

boolean isConstrained()

Whether this meta data object is constrained by any means or not.

Returns:

True if this object is marked for cascaded validation or has any constraints, false otherwise.

asDescriptor

ElementDescriptor asDescriptor(boolean defaultGroupSequenceRedefined,
                             List<Class<?>> defaultGroupSequence)

Returns this meta data object's corresponding representation in the descriptor model.

Parameters:

defaultGroupSequenceRedefined - Whether the bean hosting the represented element has a redefined default group sequence or not.

defaultGroupSequence - The default group sequence of the bean hosting the represented element.

Returns:

This meta data object's corresponding descriptor model representation. Implementations should return a specific sub type of ElementDescriptor.