ElementDescriptor (Java EE 6 )

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javax.validation.metadata
Interface ElementDescriptor

All Known Subinterfaces:: BeanDescriptor, PropertyDescriptor

public interface ElementDescriptor

Describes a validated element (class, field or property).

Author:: Emmanuel Bernard, Hardy Ferentschik

Nested Class Summary
`static interface`	`ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder` Declare restrictions on retrieved constraints.

Method Summary
`ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder`	`findConstraints()` Find constraints and potentially restricts them to certain criteria.
`java.util.Set<ConstraintDescriptor<?>>`	`getConstraintDescriptors()` Return all constraint descriptors for this element in the class hierarchy or an empty `Set` if none are present.
`java.lang.Class<?>`	`getElementClass()`
`boolean`	`hasConstraints()` Return `true` if at least one constraint declaration is present for this element in the class hierarchy, `false` otherwise.

Method Detail

hasConstraints

boolean hasConstraints()

Return true if at least one constraint declaration is present for this element in the class hierarchy, false otherwise.

getElementClass

java.lang.Class<?> getElementClass()

Returns:: Statically defined returned type.

getConstraintDescriptors

java.util.Set<ConstraintDescriptor<?>> getConstraintDescriptors()

Return all constraint descriptors for this element in the class hierarchy or an empty Set if none are present.

Returns:: Set of constraint descriptors for this element

findConstraints

ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder findConstraints()

Find constraints and potentially restricts them to certain criteria.

Returns:: ConstraintFinder object.