Module io.avaje.http.api

Package io.avaje.http.api

Interface Validator

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.

@FunctionalInterface
public interface Validator

Validator for form beans or request beans.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
default Locale	resolveLocale(String acceptLanguage, Collection<Locale> acceptedLocales)
void	validate(Object bean, String acceptLanguage, Class<?>... groups)	Validate the bean throwing an exception if the bean fails validation.

Method Details

validate

void validate(Object bean,
 String acceptLanguage,
 Class<?>... groups)
       throws ValidationException

Validate the bean throwing an exception if the bean fails validation.

Typically the exception will be handled by a specific exception handler returning a 422 or 400 status code and usually a map of field paths to error messages.

Parameters:

bean - The bean to validate

Throws:

ValidationException

resolveLocale

default Locale resolveLocale(String acceptLanguage,
 Collection<Locale> acceptedLocales)