Package javax.validation

package javax.validation

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
• ConstraintValidator: interface implemented by the piece of code validating a given constraint
• ReportAsSingleViolation: marks 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

Related Packages

Package	Description
javax.validation.bootstrap	Package containing bootstrap specific objects.
javax.validation.constraints	Contains all the Bean Validation provided constraints also called built-in constraints.
javax.validation.constraintvalidation	Package containing constructs specific to constraint validators In particular SupportedValidationTarget is used to refine the validation target of a ConstraintValidator.
javax.validation.executable	Package related to the control and execution of executable validation.
javax.validation.groups	A group defines a subset of constraints.
javax.validation.metadata	Package containing all objects specifically used and returned by the metadata API.
javax.validation.spi	Package containing objects specific to the interaction between the Bean Validation bootstrapping process and Bean Validation providers.

Class	Description
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.
Constraint	Marks an annotation as being a Bean Validation constraint.
ConstraintDeclarationException	Exception raised if a constraint declaration is not legal.
ConstraintDefinitionException	Exception raised if a constraint definition is not legal.
ConstraintTarget	Defines the constraint target.
ConstraintValidator<A extends Annotation,T>	Defines the logic to validate a given constraint A for a given object type T.
ConstraintValidatorContext	Provides 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	Represents a node whose context is configurable (i.e.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.LeafNodeBuilderDefinedContext	Represents a node whose context is known (i.e.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.LeafNodeContextBuilder	Represents refinement choices for a node which is in an Iterator or Map.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderCustomizableContext	Represents a node whose context is configurable (i.e.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderDefinedContext	Represents a node whose context is known (i.e.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeContextBuilder	Represents refinement choices for a node which is in an Iterator or Map.
ConstraintValidatorFactory	Instantiates a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
ConstraintViolation<T>	Describes a constraint violation.
ConstraintViolationException	Reports the result of constraint violations.
ElementKind	Enum of possible kinds of elements encountered in Bean Validation.
GroupDefinitionException	Exception raised if a group definition is not legal.
GroupSequence	Defines group sequence.
MessageInterpolator	Interpolates a given constraint violation message.
MessageInterpolator.Context	Information related to the interpolation context.
OverridesAttribute	Marks an attribute as overriding the attribute of a composing constraint.
OverridesAttribute.List	Defines several OverridesAttribute annotations on the same element
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.
ReportAsSingleViolation	A constraint annotation hosting this annotation will return the composed annotation error report if any of the composing annotations fail.
TraversableResolver	Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Bean Validation provider.
UnexpectedTypeException	Exception raised in the case that the constraint validator resolution cannot determine a suitable validator for a given type.
Valid	Marks a property, method parameter or method return type for validation cascading.
Validation	This class is the entry point for Bean Validation.
ValidationException	Base exception of all Bean Validation "unexpected" problems.
ValidationProviderResolver	Determines the list of Bean Validation providers available in the runtime environment
Validator	Validates bean instances.
ValidatorContext	Represents the context that is used to create Validator instances.
ValidatorFactory	Factory returning initialized Validator instances.