Enclosing interface:

ElementDescriptor

public static interface ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder	declaredOn (ElementType... types) Restricts to the constraints hosted on the listed types for a given element.
  Set<ConstraintDescriptor<?>>	getConstraintDescriptors () Retrieves the constraint descriptors following the defined restrictions and hosted on the element described by ElementDescriptor.
  boolean	hasConstraints () Returns true if at least one constraint declaration matching the restrictions is present on the element, false otherwise.
  ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder	lookingAt (Scope scope) Restricts to the constraints matching the provided scope for this element.
  ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder	unorderedAndMatchingGroups (Class<?>... groups) Restricts to the constraints matching a given set of groups for this element.

• Method Detail

  • unorderedAndMatchingGroups

    ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder unorderedAndMatchingGroups(Class<?>... groups)

    Restricts to the constraints matching a given set of groups for this element.

    This method respects group conversion, group sequences and group inheritance (including class-level Default group overriding) but does not return ConstraintDescriptors in any particular order. Specifically, ordering of the group sequence is not respected.

    Parameters:

    groups - groups targeted

    Returns:

    this following the chaining method pattern

  • lookingAt

    ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder lookingAt(Scope scope)

    Restricts to the constraints matching the provided scope for this element. Defaults to Scope.HIERARCHY

    Parameters:

    scope - expected scope

    Returns:

    this following the chaining method pattern

  • declaredOn

    ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder declaredOn(ElementType... types)

    Restricts to the constraints hosted on the listed types for a given element.

    Defaults to all possible types of the element.

    Typically used to restrict to fields (FIELD) or getters (METHOD).

    Parameters:

    types - targeted types

    Returns:

    this following the chaining method pattern

  • getConstraintDescriptors

    Set<ConstraintDescriptor<?>> getConstraintDescriptors()

    Retrieves the constraint descriptors following the defined restrictions and hosted on the element described by ElementDescriptor.

    Returns:

    matching constraint descriptors

  • hasConstraints

    boolean hasConstraints()

    Returns true if at least one constraint declaration matching the restrictions is present on the element, false otherwise.

    Returns:

    true if there is at least one constraint