org.hibernate.validator.ap.checks

Class TargetCheck

java.lang.Object

org.hibernate.validator.ap.checks.AbstractConstraintCheck

org.hibernate.validator.ap.checks.TargetCheck

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConstraintCheck

public class TargetCheck
extends AbstractConstraintCheck

Checks, that at least one of the ElementTypes FIELD, METHOD, TYPE or ANNOTATION_TYPE is specified using the Target meta-annotation for constraint annotation types.

Author:

Gunnar Morling

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
TargetCheck(AnnotationApiHelper annotationApiHelper)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
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

TargetCheck

public TargetCheck(AnnotationApiHelper annotationApiHelper)

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.