ElementDescriptor (Jakarta EE Platform API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

BeanDescriptor, ConstructorDescriptor, ContainerElementTypeDescriptor, CrossParameterDescriptor, ExecutableDescriptor, MethodDescriptor, ParameterDescriptor, PropertyDescriptor, ReturnValueDescriptor
```
public interface ElementDescriptor
```
Describes a validated element (class, property, method etc.).

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard, Hardy Ferentschik, Gunnar Morling

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static interface ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder
Declares restrictions on retrieved constraints.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder`	`findConstraints()`	Finds constraints and potentially restricts them to certain criteria.
`Set<ConstraintDescriptor<?>>`	`getConstraintDescriptors()`	Returns all constraint descriptors for this element in the class hierarchy or an empty `Set` if none are present.
`Class<?>`	`getElementClass()`
`boolean`	`hasConstraints()`

- Method Detail
  - hasConstraints
```
boolean hasConstraints()
```
    Returns:
    
    returns true if at least one constraint declaration is present for this element in the class hierarchy, false otherwise
  - getElementClass
```
Class<?> getElementClass()
```
    Returns:
    
    the statically defined returned type
  - getConstraintDescriptors
```
Set<ConstraintDescriptor<?>> getConstraintDescriptors()
```
    Returns all constraint descriptors for this element in the class hierarchy or an empty Set if none are present.
    
    Returns:
    
    Set of constraint descriptors for this element
  - findConstraints
```
ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder findConstraints()
```
    Finds constraints and potentially restricts them to certain criteria.
    
    Returns:
    
    ConstraintFinder object