Package javax.validation

Enum ConstraintTarget


  • public enum ConstraintTarget
extends java.lang.Enum<ConstraintTarget>
    Defines the constraint target.
    Since:
    1.1

    • Enum Constant Summary

      Enum Constants 
      Enum Constant Description
      IMPLICIT
      Discover the type when no ambiguity is present if neither on a method nor a constructor, it implies the annotated element (type, field etc), if on a method or constructor with no parameter, it implies RETURN_VALUE, if on a method with no return value (void), it implies PARAMETERS. Otherwise, IMPLICIT is not accepted and either RETURN_VALUE or PARAMETERS is required.
      PARAMETERS
      Constraint applies to the parameters of a method or a constructor
      RETURN_VALUE
      Constraint applies to the return value of a method or a constructor.

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static ConstraintTarget valueOf​(java.lang.String name)
      Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
      static ConstraintTarget[] values​()
      Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

        clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

      • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

        getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

    • Enum Constant Detail

      • IMPLICIT

        public static final ConstraintTarget IMPLICIT
        Discover the type when no ambiguity is present
        • if neither on a method nor a constructor, it implies the annotated element (type, field etc),
        • if on a method or constructor with no parameter, it implies RETURN_VALUE,
        • if on a method with no return value (void), it implies PARAMETERS.
        Otherwise, IMPLICIT is not accepted and either RETURN_VALUE or PARAMETERS is required. This is the case for constructors with parameters and methods with parameters and return value.

      • RETURN_VALUE

        public static final ConstraintTarget RETURN_VALUE
        Constraint applies to the return value of a method or a constructor.

      • PARAMETERS

        public static final ConstraintTarget PARAMETERS
        Constraint applies to the parameters of a method or a constructor

    • Method Detail

      • values

        public static ConstraintTarget[] values​()
        Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows: 
        for (ConstraintTarget c : ConstraintTarget.values())
    System.out.println(c);
        Returns:
        an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

      • valueOf

        public static ConstraintTarget valueOf​(java.lang.String name)
        Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.
        Returns:
        the enum constant with the specified name
        Throws:
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name
        java.lang.NullPointerException - if the argument is null