javax.validation.constraints

Annotation Type Email

@Documented
 @Constraint(validatedBy={})
 @Target(value={METHOD,FIELD,ANNOTATION_TYPE,CONSTRUCTOR,PARAMETER,TYPE_USE})
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Repeatable(value=Email.List.class)
public @interface Email

The string has to be a well-formed email address. Exact semantics of what makes up a valid email address are left to Bean Validation providers. Accepts CharSequence.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard, Hardy Ferentschik

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
Pattern.Flag[]	flags
Class<?>[]	groups
String	message
Class<? extends Payload>[]	payload
String	regexp

Element Detail

message

public abstract String message

Default:

"{javax.validation.constraints.Email.message}"

groups

public abstract Class<?>[] groups

Default:

{}

payload

public abstract Class<? extends Payload>[] payload

Default:

{}

regexp

public abstract String regexp

Returns:

an additional regular expression the annotated element must match. The default is any string ('.*')

Default:

".*"

flags

public abstract Pattern.Flag[] flags

Returns:

used in combination with regexp() in order to specify a regular expression option

Default:

{}