org.hibernate.validator.metadata

Class BeanMetaConstraint<A extends Annotation>

java.lang.Object

org.hibernate.validator.metadata.MetaConstraint<A>

org.hibernate.validator.metadata.BeanMetaConstraint<A>

public class BeanMetaConstraint<A extends Annotation>
extends MetaConstraint<A>

A MetaConstraint implementation that represents a field, property-level or class level constraint and allows the unified handling of these constraints.

Author:

Gunnar Morling

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.hibernate.validator.metadata.MetaConstraint

location

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
BeanMetaConstraint(ConstraintDescriptorImpl<A> constraintDescriptor, Class<?> beanClass, Member member) Creates a new BeanMetaConstraint.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
BeanConstraintLocation	getLocation() Returns the location of this constraint.
Object	getValue(Object o)

Methods inherited from class org.hibernate.validator.metadata.MetaConstraint

equals, getDescriptor, getElementType, getGroupList, hashCode, toString, typeOfAnnotatedElement, validateConstraint

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

BeanMetaConstraint

public BeanMetaConstraint(ConstraintDescriptorImpl<A> constraintDescriptor,
                  Class<?> beanClass,
                  Member member)

Creates a new BeanMetaConstraint.

Parameters:

constraintDescriptor - The descriptor for this constraint.

beanClass - The type hosting this constraint.

member - The field or getter method hosting this constraint if this is not a class-level constraint, otherwise null.

Method Detail

getLocation

public BeanConstraintLocation getLocation()

Returns the location of this constraint.

Overrides:

getLocation in class MetaConstraint<A extends Annotation>

getValue

public Object getValue(Object o)

Parameters:

o - the object from which to retrieve the value.

Returns:

Returns the value for this constraint from the specified object. Depending on the type either the value itself is returned of method or field access is used to access the value.