io.micronaut.validation.validator

Interface Validator

All Superinterfaces:

javax.validation.Validator

public interface Validator
extends javax.validation.Validator

Extended version of the Valid interface for Micronaut's implementation.

The Validator.getConstraintsForClass(Class) method is not supported by the implementation.

Since:

1.2

Author:

graemerocher

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	ANN_CONSTRAINT Annotation used to define a constraint.
static java.lang.String	ANN_VALID Annotation used to define an object as valid.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ExecutableMethodValidator	forExecutables() Overridden variation that returns a ExecutableMethodValidator.
static Validator	getInstance() Constructs a new default instance.
<T> java.util.Set<javax.validation.ConstraintViolation<T>>	validate(BeanIntrospection<T> introspection, T object, java.lang.Class<?>... groups) Validate the given introspection and object.
<T> java.util.Set<javax.validation.ConstraintViolation<T>>	validate(T object, java.lang.Class<?>... groups)
<T> java.util.Set<javax.validation.ConstraintViolation<T>>	validateProperty(T object, java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.Class<?>... groups)
<T> java.util.Set<javax.validation.ConstraintViolation<T>>	validateValue(java.lang.Class<T> beanType, java.lang.String propertyName, java.lang.Object value, java.lang.Class<?>... groups)

Methods inherited from interface javax.validation.Validator

getConstraintsForClass, unwrap

Field Detail

ANN_VALID

static final java.lang.String ANN_VALID

Annotation used to define an object as valid.

ANN_CONSTRAINT

static final java.lang.String ANN_CONSTRAINT

Annotation used to define a constraint.

Method Detail

forExecutables

@NonNull
ExecutableMethodValidator forExecutables()

Overridden variation that returns a ExecutableMethodValidator.

Specified by:

forExecutables in interface javax.validation.Validator

Returns:

The validator

validate

@NonNull
<T> java.util.Set<javax.validation.ConstraintViolation<T>> validate(@NonNull
                                                                             T object,
                                                                             java.lang.Class<?>... groups)

Specified by:

validate in interface javax.validation.Validator

validate

@NonNull
<T> java.util.Set<javax.validation.ConstraintViolation<T>> validate(@NonNull
                                                                             BeanIntrospection<T> introspection,
                                                                             @NonNull
                                                                             T object,
                                                                             @Nullable
                                                                             java.lang.Class<?>... groups)

Validate the given introspection and object.

Type Parameters:

T - The object type

Parameters:

introspection - The introspection

object - The object

groups - The groups

Returns:

The constraint violations

validateProperty

@NonNull
<T> java.util.Set<javax.validation.ConstraintViolation<T>> validateProperty(@NonNull
                                                                                     T object,
                                                                                     @NonNull
                                                                                     java.lang.String propertyName,
                                                                                     java.lang.Class<?>... groups)

Specified by:

validateProperty in interface javax.validation.Validator

validateValue

@NonNull
<T> java.util.Set<javax.validation.ConstraintViolation<T>> validateValue(@NonNull
                                                                                  java.lang.Class<T> beanType,
                                                                                  @NonNull
                                                                                  java.lang.String propertyName,
                                                                                  @Nullable
                                                                                  java.lang.Object value,
                                                                                  java.lang.Class<?>... groups)

Specified by:

validateValue in interface javax.validation.Validator

getInstance

@NonNull
static Validator getInstance()

Constructs a new default instance. Note that the returned instance will not contain managed ConstraintValidator instances and using Inject should be preferred.

Returns:

The validator.