Package javax.validation.executable

Interface ExecutableValidator

public interface ExecutableValidator

Validates parameters and return values of methods and constructors. Implementations of this interface must be thread-safe.

Since:

1.1

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T> java.util.Set<ConstraintViolation<T>>	validateConstructorParameters(java.lang.reflect.Constructor<? extends T> constructor, java.lang.Object[] parameterValues, java.lang.Class<?>... groups)	Validates all constraints placed on the parameters of the given constructor.
<T> java.util.Set<ConstraintViolation<T>>	validateConstructorReturnValue(java.lang.reflect.Constructor<? extends T> constructor, T createdObject, java.lang.Class<?>... groups)	Validates all return value constraints of the given constructor.
<T> java.util.Set<ConstraintViolation<T>>	validateParameters(T object, java.lang.reflect.Method method, java.lang.Object[] parameterValues, java.lang.Class<?>... groups)	Validates all constraints placed on the parameters of the given method.
<T> java.util.Set<ConstraintViolation<T>>	validateReturnValue(T object, java.lang.reflect.Method method, java.lang.Object returnValue, java.lang.Class<?>... groups)	Validates all return value constraints of the given method.

Method Detail

validateParameters

<T> java.util.Set<ConstraintViolation<T>> validateParameters(T object,
                                                             java.lang.reflect.Method method,
                                                             java.lang.Object[] parameterValues,
                                                             java.lang.Class<?>... groups)

Validates all constraints placed on the parameters of the given method.

Type Parameters:

T - the type hosting the method to validate

Parameters:

object - the object on which the method to validate is invoked

method - the method for which the parameter constraints is validated

parameterValues - the values provided by the caller for the given method's parameters

groups - the group or list of groups targeted for validation (defaults to Default)

Returns:

a set with the constraint violations caused by this validation; will be empty if no error occurs, but never null

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if null is passed for any of the parameters or if parameters don't match with each other

ValidationException - if a non recoverable error happens during the validation process

validateReturnValue

<T> java.util.Set<ConstraintViolation<T>> validateReturnValue(T object,
                                                              java.lang.reflect.Method method,
                                                              java.lang.Object returnValue,
                                                              java.lang.Class<?>... groups)

Validates all return value constraints of the given method.

Type Parameters:

T - the type hosting the method to validate

Parameters:

object - the object on which the method to validate is invoked

method - the method for which the return value constraints is validated

returnValue - the value returned by the given method

groups - the group or list of groups targeted for validation (defaults to Default)

Returns:

a set with the constraint violations caused by this validation; will be empty if no error occurs, but never null

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if null is passed for any of the object, method or groups parameters or if parameters don't match with each other

ValidationException - if a non recoverable error happens during the validation process

validateConstructorParameters

<T> java.util.Set<ConstraintViolation<T>> validateConstructorParameters(java.lang.reflect.Constructor<? extends T> constructor,
                                                                        java.lang.Object[] parameterValues,
                                                                        java.lang.Class<?>... groups)

Validates all constraints placed on the parameters of the given constructor.

Type Parameters:

T - the type hosting the constructor to validate

Parameters:

constructor - the constructor for which the parameter constraints is validated

parameterValues - the values provided by the caller for the given constructor's parameters

groups - the group or list of groups targeted for validation (defaults to Default)

Returns:

a set with the constraint violations caused by this validation; Will be empty if no error occurs, but never null

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if null is passed for any of the parameters or if parameters don't match with each other

ValidationException - if a non recoverable error happens during the validation process

validateConstructorReturnValue

<T> java.util.Set<ConstraintViolation<T>> validateConstructorReturnValue(java.lang.reflect.Constructor<? extends T> constructor,
                                                                         T createdObject,
                                                                         java.lang.Class<?>... groups)

Validates all return value constraints of the given constructor.

Type Parameters:

T - the type hosting the constructor to validate

Parameters:

constructor - the constructor for which the return value constraints is validated

createdObject - the object instantiated by the given method

groups - the group or list of groups targeted for validation (defaults to Default)

Returns:

a set with the constraint violations caused by this validation; will be empty, if no error occurs, but never null

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if null is passed for any of the parameters or if parameters don't match with each other

ValidationException - if a non recoverable error happens during the validation process