Package javax.validation

Enum ElementKind


  • public enum ElementKind
extends java.lang.Enum<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

    Since:
    1.1

    • Enum Constant Summary

      Enum Constants 
      Enum Constant Description
      BEAN
      A Java Bean or object.
      CONSTRUCTOR
      A constructor.
      CONTAINER_ELEMENT
      An element stored in a container, e.g.
      CROSS_PARAMETER
      Element holding cross-parameter constraints of a method or constructor.
      METHOD
      A method.
      PARAMETER
      A parameter of a method or constructor.
      PROPERTY
      A property of a Java Bean.
      RETURN_VALUE
      The return value of a method or constructor.

    • Method Summary

      All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods 
      Modifier and Type Method Description
      static ElementKind valueOf​(java.lang.String name)
      Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
      static ElementKind[] 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

      • BEAN

        public static final ElementKind BEAN
        A Java Bean or object.

      • PROPERTY

        public static final ElementKind PROPERTY
        A property of a Java Bean.

      • METHOD

        public static final ElementKind METHOD
        A method.

      • CONSTRUCTOR

        public static final ElementKind CONSTRUCTOR
        A constructor.

      • PARAMETER

        public static final ElementKind PARAMETER
        A parameter of a method or constructor.

      • CROSS_PARAMETER

        public static final ElementKind CROSS_PARAMETER
        Element holding cross-parameter constraints of a method or constructor.

      • RETURN_VALUE

        public static final ElementKind RETURN_VALUE
        The return value of a method or constructor.

      • CONTAINER_ELEMENT

        public static final ElementKind CONTAINER_ELEMENT
        An element stored in a container, e.g. a key or value of a Map or an element of a List.
        Since:
        2.0

    • Method Detail

      • values

        public static ElementKind[] 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 (ElementKind c : ElementKind.values())
    System.out.println(c);
        Returns:
        an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

      • valueOf

        public static ElementKind 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