javax.validation

Interface ClockProvider

public interface ClockProvider

Contract for obtaining the Clock used as the reference for now when validating the @Future and @Past constraints.

The default implementation will return the current system time. Plugging in custom implementations may be useful for instance in batch applications which need to run with a specific logical date, e.g. with yesterday's date when re-running a failed batch job execution.

Implementations must be safe for access from several threads at the same time.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Gunnar Morling, Guillaume Smet

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Clock	getClock() Returns the clock which serves as the reference for now.

Method Detail

getClock

Clock getClock()

Returns the clock which serves as the reference for now.

Returns:

the clock which serves as the reference for now; must not be null