javax.validation.metadata

Interface ContainerElementTypeDescriptor

All Superinterfaces:

CascadableDescriptor, ContainerDescriptor, ElementDescriptor

public interface ContainerElementTypeDescriptor
extends ElementDescriptor, CascadableDescriptor, ContainerDescriptor

Describes a validated container element type, e.g. the element type of List if it hosts at least one constraint or is marked with Valid.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Guillaume Smet

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface javax.validation.metadata.ElementDescriptor

ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class<?>	getContainerClass() Returns the container class hosting this container element type.
Integer	getTypeArgumentIndex() Returns the index of the type argument corresponding to this container element type.

Methods inherited from interface javax.validation.metadata.ElementDescriptor

findConstraints, getConstraintDescriptors, getElementClass, hasConstraints

Methods inherited from interface javax.validation.metadata.CascadableDescriptor

getGroupConversions, isCascaded

Methods inherited from interface javax.validation.metadata.ContainerDescriptor

getConstrainedContainerElementTypes

Method Detail

getTypeArgumentIndex

Integer getTypeArgumentIndex()

Returns the index of the type argument corresponding to this container element type.

Returns:

the index of the type argument corresponding to this container element type

getContainerClass

Class<?> getContainerClass()

Returns the container class hosting this container element type.

Returns:

the container class hosting this container element type