Uses of Package
jakarta.validation

Packages that use jakarta.validation

Package	Description
jakarta.validation	Top level package of the Jakarta Bean Validation API.
jakarta.validation.bootstrap	Package containing bootstrap specific objects.
jakarta.validation.constraints	Contains all the Jakarta Bean Validation provided constraints also called built-in constraints.
jakarta.validation.executable	Package related to the control and execution of executable validation.
jakarta.validation.metadata	Package containing all objects specifically used and returned by the metadata API.
jakarta.validation.spi	Package containing objects specific to the interaction between the Jakarta Bean Validation bootstrapping process and Jakarta Bean Validation providers.
jakarta.validation.valueextraction	Package containing objects dedicated to extract values to validate from containers.

Classes in jakarta.validation used by jakarta.validation

Class and Description
BootstrapConfiguration Represents the user specified default configuration in META-INF/validation.xml.
ClockProvider Contract for obtaining the Clock used as the reference for now when validating the @Future and @Past constraints.
Configuration Receives configuration information, selects the appropriate Jakarta Bean Validation provider and builds the appropriate ValidatorFactory.
ConstraintDeclarationException Exception raised if a constraint declaration is not legal.
ConstraintTarget Defines the constraint target.
ConstraintValidator Defines the logic to validate a given constraint A for a given object type T.
ConstraintValidatorContext Provides contextual data and operation when applying a given constraint validator.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder ConstraintViolation builder allowing to optionally associate the violation report to a sub path.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.ContainerElementNodeBuilderCustomizableContext Represents a container element node whose context is configurable (i.e.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.ContainerElementNodeBuilderDefinedContext Represents a container element node whose context is known (i.e.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.ContainerElementNodeContextBuilder Represents refinement choices for a container element node.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.LeafNodeBuilderCustomizableContext Represents a node whose context is configurable (i.e.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.LeafNodeBuilderDefinedContext Represents a node whose context is known (i.e.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.LeafNodeContextBuilder Represents refinement choices for a node which is in an iterable, e.g.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderCustomizableContext Represents a node whose context is configurable (i.e.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderDefinedContext Represents a node whose context is known (i.e.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeContextBuilder Represents refinement choices for a node which is in an iterable, e.g.
ConstraintValidatorFactory Instantiates a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
ConstraintViolation Describes a constraint violation.
ElementKind Enum of possible kinds of elements encountered in Jakarta Bean Validation.
MessageInterpolator Interpolates a given constraint violation message.
MessageInterpolator.Context Information related to the interpolation context.
ParameterNameProvider Provides names for method and constructor parameters.
Path Represents the navigation path from an object to another in an object graph.
Path.Node Represents an element of a navigation path.
TraversableResolver Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Jakarta Bean Validation provider.
ValidationException Base exception of all Jakarta Bean Validation "unexpected" problems.
Validator Validates bean instances.
ValidatorContext Represents the context that is used to create Validator instances.
ValidatorFactory Factory returning initialized Validator instances.

Classes in jakarta.validation used by jakarta.validation.bootstrap

Class and Description
Configuration Receives configuration information, selects the appropriate Jakarta Bean Validation provider and builds the appropriate ValidatorFactory.
ValidationProviderResolver Determines the list of Jakarta Bean Validation providers available in the runtime environment

Classes in jakarta.validation used by jakarta.validation.constraints

Class and Description
Constraint Marks an annotation as being a Jakarta Bean Validation constraint.

Classes in jakarta.validation used by jakarta.validation.executable

Class and Description
ConstraintViolation Describes a constraint violation.

Classes in jakarta.validation used by jakarta.validation.metadata

Class and Description
ConstraintTarget Defines the constraint target.
ConstraintValidator Defines the logic to validate a given constraint A for a given object type T.
Payload Payload type that can be attached to a given constraint declaration.

Classes in jakarta.validation used by jakarta.validation.spi

Class and Description
ClockProvider Contract for obtaining the Clock used as the reference for now when validating the @Future and @Past constraints.
Configuration Receives configuration information, selects the appropriate Jakarta Bean Validation provider and builds the appropriate ValidatorFactory.
ConstraintValidatorFactory Instantiates a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
MessageInterpolator Interpolates a given constraint violation message.
ParameterNameProvider Provides names for method and constructor parameters.
TraversableResolver Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Jakarta Bean Validation provider.
ValidationProviderResolver Determines the list of Jakarta Bean Validation providers available in the runtime environment
ValidatorFactory Factory returning initialized Validator instances.

Classes in jakarta.validation used by jakarta.validation.valueextraction

Class and Description
Payload Payload type that can be attached to a given constraint declaration.
ValidationException Base exception of all Jakarta Bean Validation "unexpected" problems.