@Target(value={METHOD,FIELD,ANNOTATION_TYPE,CONSTRUCTOR,PARAMETER})
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Documented
 @Constraint(validatedBy={})
public @interface Pattern

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard

• Required Element Summary

  Required Elements

  Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
  String	regexp

• Optional Element Summary

  Optional Elements

  Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
  Pattern.Flag[]	flags
  Class<?>[]	groups
  String	message
  Class<? extends Payload>[]	payload

• Element Detail

  • regexp

    public abstract String regexp

    Returns:

    the regular expression to match

• • flags

    public abstract Pattern.Flag[] flags

    Returns:

    array of Flags considered when resolving the regular expression

    Default:

    {}

• • message

    public abstract String message

    Returns:

    the error message template

    Default:

    "{javax.validation.constraints.Pattern.message}"

• • groups

    public abstract Class<?>[] groups

    Returns:

    the groups the constraint belongs to

    Default:

    {}

• • payload

    public abstract Class<? extends Payload>[] payload

    Returns:

    the payload associated to the constraint

    Default:

    {}