javax.validation

Annotation Type Constraint

@Documented
@Target(value=ANNOTATION_TYPE)
@Retention(value=RUNTIME)
public @interface Constraint

Link between a constraint annotation and its constraint validation implementations.

A given constraint annotation should be annotated by a @Constraint annotation which refers to its list of constraint validation implementations.

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard, Gavin King, Hardy Ferentschik

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<?,?>>[]	validatedBy ConstraintValidator classes must reference distinct target types.

Element Detail

validatedBy

public abstract Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<?,?>>[] validatedBy

ConstraintValidator classes must reference distinct target types. If two ConstraintValidators refer to the same type, an exception will occur.

Returns:

array of (@code ConstraintValidator} classes implementing the constraint