Package javax.validation

Top level package of the Bean Validation API.

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Description

Interface Summary

BootstrapConfiguration	Represents the user specified default configuration in META-INF/validation.xml.
Configuration<T extends Configuration<T>>	Receives configuration information, selects the appropriate Bean Validation provider and builds the appropriate ValidatorFactory.
ConstraintValidator<A extends Annotation,T>	Defines the logic to validate a given constraint A for a given object type T.
ConstraintValidatorContext	Provide contextual data and operation when applying a given constraint validator.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder	ConstraintViolation builder allowing to optionally associate the violation report to a sub path.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.LeafNodeBuilderCustomizableContext	Represent a node whose context is configurable (ie.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.LeafNodeBuilderDefinedContext	Represent a node whose context is known (ie.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.LeafNodeContextBuilder	Represent refinement choices for a node which is in an Iterator or Map.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderCustomizableContext	Represent a node whose context is configurable (ie.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderDefinedContext	Represent a node whose context is known (ie.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeContextBuilder	Represent refinement choices for a node which is in an Iterator or Map.
ConstraintValidatorFactory	Instantiate a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
ConstraintViolation<T>	Describes a constraint violation.
MessageInterpolator	Interpolate a given constraint violation message.
MessageInterpolator.Context	Information related to the interpolation context
ParameterNameProvider	Provides names for method and constructor parameters.
Path	Represents the navigation path from an object to another in an object graph.
Path.BeanNode	Node representing a bean
Path.ConstructorNode	Node representing a constructor
Path.CrossParameterNode	Node representing the element holding cross-parameter constraints of a method or constructor.
Path.MethodNode	Node representing a method
Path.Node	Represents an element of a navigation path.
Path.ParameterNode	Node representing a parameter of a method or constructor
Path.PropertyNode	Node representing a property
Path.ReturnValueNode	Node representing the return value of a method or constructor
Payload	Payload type that can be attached to a given constraint declaration.
TraversableResolver	Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Bean Validation provider.
ValidationProviderResolver	Determines the list of Bean Validation providers available in the runtime environment Bean Validation providers are identified by the presence of META-INF/services/javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider files following the Service Provider pattern described here Each META-INF/services/javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider file contains the list of ValidationProvider implementations each of them representing a provider.
Validator	Validates bean instances.
ValidatorContext	Represents the context that is used to create Validator instances.
ValidatorFactory	Factory returning initialized Validator instances.

Class Summary

Validation

This class is the entry point for Bean Validation.

Enum Summary

ConstraintTarget	Defines the constraint target
ElementKind	Enum of possible kinds of elements encountered in Bean Validation Mostly elements that can be constrained and described in the metadata but also elements that can be part of a Path and represented by a Path.Node

Exception Summary

ConstraintDeclarationException	Exception raised if a constraint declaration is not legal
ConstraintDefinitionException	Exception raised if a constraint definition is not legal
ConstraintViolationException	Reports the result of constraint violations
GroupDefinitionException	Exception raised if a group definition is not legal
UnexpectedTypeException	Exception raised in the case that the constraint validator resolution cannot determine a suitable validator for a given type.
ValidationException	Base exception of all "unexpected" problems.

Annotation Types Summary

Constraint	Link between a constraint annotation and its constraint validation implementations.
CrossParameterConstraint	Link between a cross-parameter constraint annotation and its constraint validation implementation.
GroupSequence	Define a group sequence The interface hosting @GroupSequence is representing the group sequence.
OverridesAttribute	Mark an attribute as overriding the attribute of a composing constraint.
OverridesAttribute.List	Defines several @OverridesAttribute annotations on the same element
ReportAsSingleViolation	A constraint annotation hosting this annotation will return the composed annotation error report if any of the composing annotations fail.
Valid	Mark a property, method parameter or method return type for validation cascading.

Package javax.validation Description

Top level package of the Bean Validation API. The main runtime artifacts are:

• Validation: the entry point to bootstrap Bean Validation
• ValidatorFactory: the bootstrapped Bean Validation engine
• Validator: contract to validate beans and access the metadata
• ConstraintViolation: constraint violation report

The main constraint definition artifacts are:

• Constraint: annotation marking an annotation as being a constraint
• CrossParameterConstraint: annotation marking an annotation as being a cross-parameter constraint
• ConstraintValidator: interface implemented by the piece of code validating a given constraint
• ReportAsSingleViolation: mark a composed constraint as returning a single constraint violation report

The main constraint declaration artifacts are:

• @Valid: annotation marking an association as cascaded during validation
• @GroupSequence: defines a sequence of groups that should be validated sequentially