org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.aggregated

Class GroupConversionHelper

java.lang.Object

org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.aggregated.GroupConversionHelper

public class GroupConversionHelper
extends java.lang.Object

Provides group conversion functionality to Cascadables.

Author:

Gunnar Morling

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Set<javax.validation.metadata.GroupConversionDescriptor>	asDescriptors() Returns a set with GroupConversionDescriptors representing the underlying group conversions.
java.lang.Class<?>	convertGroup(java.lang.Class<?> from) Converts the given validation group as per the group conversion configuration for this property (as e.g.
static GroupConversionHelper	of(java.util.Map<java.lang.Class<?>,java.lang.Class<?>> groupConversions)
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

of

public static GroupConversionHelper of(java.util.Map<java.lang.Class<?>,java.lang.Class<?>> groupConversions)

convertGroup

public java.lang.Class<?> convertGroup(java.lang.Class<?> from)

Converts the given validation group as per the group conversion configuration for this property (as e.g. specified via @ConvertGroup.

Parameters:

from - The group to convert.

Returns:

The converted group. Will be the original group itself in case no conversion is to be performed.

asDescriptors

public java.util.Set<javax.validation.metadata.GroupConversionDescriptor> asDescriptors()

Returns a set with GroupConversionDescriptors representing the underlying group conversions.

Returns:

A set with group conversion descriptors. May be empty, but never null.

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object