javax.validation
Interface ConstraintValidatorFactory

public interface ConstraintValidatorFactory

Instantiate a ConstraintValidator instance based off 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(Class<T> key)
void	releaseInstance(ConstraintValidator<?,?> instance) Signal ConstraintValidatorFactory that the instance is no longer being used by the Bean Validation provider

Method Detail

getInstance

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

Parameters:

key - The class of the constraint validator to instantiate.

Returns:

A constraint validator instance of the specified class.

releaseInstance

void releaseInstance(ConstraintValidator<?,?> instance)

Signal ConstraintValidatorFactory that the instance is no longer being used by the Bean Validation provider

Parameters:

instance - validator being released

Since:

1.1