All Known Subinterfaces:

BeanDescriptor, ConstructorDescriptor, CrossParameterDescriptor, ExecutableDescriptor, MethodDescriptor, ParameterDescriptor, PropertyDescriptor, ReturnValueDescriptor

public interface ElementDescriptor

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard, Hardy Ferentschik, Gunnar Morling

• Nested Class Summary

  Nested Classes

  Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
  static interface	ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder Declares restrictions on retrieved constraints.

• Method Summary

  All Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder	findConstraints () Finds constraints and potentially restricts them to certain criteria.
  Set<ConstraintDescriptor<?>>	getConstraintDescriptors () Returns all constraint descriptors for this element in the class hierarchy or an empty Set if none are present.
  Class<?>	getElementClass ()
  boolean	hasConstraints ()

• Method Detail

  • hasConstraints

    boolean hasConstraints()

    Returns:

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

  • getElementClass

    Class<?> getElementClass()

    Returns:

    the statically defined returned type

  • getConstraintDescriptors

    Set<ConstraintDescriptor<?>> getConstraintDescriptors()

    Returns 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()

    Finds constraints and potentially restricts them to certain criteria.

    Returns:

    ConstraintFinder object