javax.validation
Interface ElementDescriptor

All Known Subinterfaces:

BeanDescriptor, PropertyDescriptor

public interface ElementDescriptor

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

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard, Hardy Ferentschik

Method Summary

java.util.Set<ConstraintDescriptor<?>>	getConstraintDescriptors() Return all constraint descriptors for this element or an empty Set if none are present.
java.lang.Class<?>	getType()
boolean	hasConstraints()

Method Detail

hasConstraints

boolean hasConstraints()

Returns:

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

getType

java.lang.Class<?> getType()

Returns:

Statically defined returned type.

getConstraintDescriptors

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

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

Returns:

Set of constraint descriptors for this element