javax.validation

Interface ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder

Enclosing interface:

ConstraintValidatorContext

public static interface ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder

ConstraintViolation builder allowing to optionally associate the violation report to a sub path.

To create the ConstraintViolation, one must call either one of the addConstraintViolation() methods available in one of the interfaces of the fluent API.

If another method is called after addConstraintViolation() on ConstraintViolationBuilder or any of its associated objects an IllegalStateException is raised.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.ContainerElementNodeBuilderCustomizableContext Represents a container element node whose context is configurable (i.e.
static interface	ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.ContainerElementNodeBuilderDefinedContext Represents a container element node whose context is known (i.e.
static interface	ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.ContainerElementNodeContextBuilder Represents refinement choices for a container element node.
static interface	ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.LeafNodeBuilderCustomizableContext Represents a node whose context is configurable (i.e.
static interface	ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.LeafNodeBuilderDefinedContext Represents a node whose context is known (i.e.
static interface	ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.LeafNodeContextBuilder Represents refinement choices for a node which is in an iterable, e.g.
static interface	ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderCustomizableContext Represents a node whose context is configurable (i.e.
static interface	ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderDefinedContext Represents a node whose context is known (i.e.
static interface	ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeContextBuilder Represents refinement choices for a node which is in an iterable, e.g.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.LeafNodeBuilderCustomizableContext	addBeanNode() Adds a bean node (class-level) to the path the ConstraintViolation will be associated to.
ConstraintValidatorContext	addConstraintViolation() Adds the new ConstraintViolation to be generated if the constraint validator marks the value as invalid.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.ContainerElementNodeBuilderCustomizableContext	addContainerElementNode(String name, Class<?> containerType, Integer typeArgumentIndex) Adds a container element node to the path the ConstraintViolation will be associated to.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderDefinedContext	addNode(String name) Deprecated. since 1.1 - replaced by addPropertyNode(String), addBeanNode() and addParameterNode(int)
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderDefinedContext	addParameterNode(int index) Adds a method parameter node to the path the ConstraintViolation will be associated to.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderCustomizableContext	addPropertyNode(String name) Adds a property node to the path the ConstraintViolation will be associated to.

Method Detail

addNode

ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderDefinedContext addNode(String name)

Deprecated. since 1.1 - replaced by addPropertyNode(String), addBeanNode() and addParameterNode(int)

Adds a node to the path the ConstraintViolation will be associated to.

name describes a single property. In particular, dot (.) is not allowed.

Parameters:

name - property name

Returns:

a builder representing node name

addPropertyNode

ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderCustomizableContext addPropertyNode(String name)

Adds a property node to the path the ConstraintViolation will be associated to.

name describes a single property. In particular, dot (.) is not allowed.

Parameters:

name - property name

Returns:

a builder representing node name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the name is null

Since:

1.1

addBeanNode

ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.LeafNodeBuilderCustomizableContext addBeanNode()

Adds a bean node (class-level) to the path the ConstraintViolation will be associated to. Note that bean nodes are always leaf nodes.

Returns:

a builder representing the bean node

Since:

1.1

addContainerElementNode

ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.ContainerElementNodeBuilderCustomizableContext addContainerElementNode(String name,
                                                                                                                             Class<?> containerType,
                                                                                                                             Integer typeArgumentIndex)

Adds a container element node to the path the ConstraintViolation will be associated to.

Parameters:

name - the node name

containerType - the type of the container

typeArgumentIndex - the index of the type argument

Returns:

a builder representing the container element node

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the index is not valid

Since:

2.0

addParameterNode

ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderDefinedContext addParameterNode(int index)

Adds a method parameter node to the path the ConstraintViolation will be associated to. The parameter index must be valid (i.e. within the boundaries of the method parameter indexes). May only be called from within cross-parameter validators.

Parameters:

index - the parameter index

Returns:

a builder representing the index-th parameter node

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the index is not valid

Since:

1.1

addConstraintViolation

ConstraintValidatorContext addConstraintViolation()

Adds the new ConstraintViolation to be generated if the constraint validator marks the value as invalid.

Methods of this ConstraintViolationBuilder instance and its nested objects throw IllegalStateException from now on.

Returns:

the ConstraintValidatorContext instance the ConstraintViolationBuilder comes from