javax.validation.metadata

Interface PropertyDescriptor

All Superinterfaces:

ElementDescriptor

All Known Implementing Classes:

PropertyDescriptorImpl

public interface PropertyDescriptor
extends ElementDescriptor

Describes a Java Bean property hosting validation constraints. Constraints placed on the attribute and the getter of a given property are all referenced.

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface javax.validation.metadata.ElementDescriptor

ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getPropertyName() Name of the property acording to the Java Bean specification.
boolean	isCascaded() Is the property marked by the @Valid annotation.

Methods inherited from interface javax.validation.metadata.ElementDescriptor

findConstraints, getConstraintDescriptors, getElementClass, hasConstraints

Method Detail

isCascaded

boolean isCascaded()

Is the property marked by the @Valid annotation.

Returns:

true if the annotation is present, false otherwise.

getPropertyName

String getPropertyName()

Name of the property acording to the Java Bean specification.

Returns:

property name.