javax.validation
Interface ConstraintValidatorFactory

public interface ConstraintValidatorFactory

Instantiate a ConstraintValidator instance from its class. The ConstraintValidatorFactory is not responsible for calling ConstraintValidator.initialize(java.lang.annotation.Annotation).

Author:

Dhanji R. Prasanna, Emmanuel Bernard, Hardy Ferentschik

Method Summary

<T extends ConstraintValidator<?,?>> T

getInstance(java.lang.Class<T> key)

Method Detail

getInstance

<T extends ConstraintValidator<?,?>> T getInstance(java.lang.Class<T> key)

Parameters:

key - The class of the constraint validator to instantiate.

Returns:

A constraint validator instance of the specified class.