Package javax.validation

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
BootstrapConfiguration	Represents the user specified default configuration in META-INF/validation.xml.
Configuration<T extends Configuration<T>>	Receives configuration information, selects the appropriate Bean Validation provider and builds the appropriate ValidatorFactory.
ConstraintValidator<A extends Annotation,T>	Defines the logic to validate a given constraint A for a given object type T.
ConstraintValidatorContext	Provide contextual data and operation when applying a given constraint validator.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder	ConstraintViolation builder allowing to optionally associate the violation report to a sub path.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderCustomizableContext	Represent a node whose context is configurable (ie index, key and isInIterable)
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderDefinedContext	Represent a node whose context is known (ie index, key and isInIterable)
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeContextBuilder	Represent refinement choices for a node which is in an Iterator or Map.
ConstraintValidatorFactory	Instantiate a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
ConstraintViolation<T>	Describe a constraint violation.
MessageInterpolator	Interpolate a given constraint violation message.
MessageInterpolator.Context	Information related to the interpolation context
MethodValidator	Validates parameters and return values of methods respectively constructors.
ParameterNameProvider	Provides names for method and constructor parameters.
Path	Represents the navigation path from an object to another in an object graph.
Path.Node	Represents an element of a navigation path.
Payload	Payload type that can be attached to a given constraint declaration.
TraversableResolver	Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Bean Validation provider.
ValidationProviderResolver	Determines the list of Bean Validation providers available in the runtime environment Bean Validation providers are identified by the presence of META-INF/services/javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider files following the Service Provider pattern described here Each META-INF/services/javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider file contains the list of ValidationProvider implementations each of them representing a provider.
Validator	Validates bean instances.
ValidatorContext	Represents the context that is used to create Validator instances.
ValidatorFactory	Factory returning initialized Validator instances.

Class Summary

Class	Description
Validation	This class is the entry point for Bean Validation.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
ConstraintDeclarationException	Exception raised if a constraint declaration is not legal
ConstraintDefinitionException	Exception raised if a constraint definition is not legal
ConstraintViolationException	Reports the result of constraint violations
GroupDefinitionException	Exception raised if a group definition is not legal
UnexpectedTypeException	Exception raised in the case that the constraint validator resolution cannot determine a suitable validator for a given type.
ValidationException	Base exception of all "unexpected" problems.

Annotation Types Summary

Annotation Type	Description
Constraint	Link between a constraint annotation and its constraint validation implementations.
ConvertGroup	Convert group from to group to during cascading.
ConvertGroup.List	Defines several ConvertGroup annotations on the same element
CrossParameterConstraint	Link between a cross-parameter constraint annotation and its constraint validation implementation.
GroupSequence	Define a group sequence The interface hosting @GroupSequence is representing the group sequence.
OverridesAttribute	Mark an attribute as overriding the attribute of a composing constraint.
OverridesAttribute.List	Defines several @OverridesAttribute annotations on the same element
ReportAsSingleViolation	A constraint annotation hosting this annotation will return the composed annotation error report if any of the composing annotations fail.
Valid	Mark an association as cascaded.