javax.validation
Interface ParameterNameProvider

public interface ParameterNameProvider

Provides names for method and constructor parameters.

Used by the Bean Validation runtime when creating constraint violation objects for violated method-level constraints.

Implementations must be thread-safe.

Author:

Gunnar Morling

Method Summary

String[]	getParameterNames(Constructor<?> constructor) Returns the names of the parameters of the given constructor.
String[]	getParameterNames(Method method) Returns the names of the parameters of the given method.

Method Detail

getParameterNames

String[] getParameterNames(Constructor<?> constructor)

Returns the names of the parameters of the given constructor.

Parameters:

constructor - The constructor for which the parameter names shall be retrieved. Never null.

Returns:

An array with the names of the parameters of the given constructor. May be empty but never null.

getParameterNames

String[] getParameterNames(Method method)

Returns the names of the parameters of the given method.

Parameters:

method - The method for which the parameter names shall be retrieved. Never null.

Returns:

An array with the names of the parameters of the given method. May be empty but never null.