javax.validation

Enum ConstraintTarget

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<ConstraintTarget>

javax.validation.ConstraintTarget

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<ConstraintTarget>

public enum ConstraintTarget
extends Enum<ConstraintTarget>

Defines the constraint target.

Since:

1.1

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant and Description
IMPLICIT Discover the type when no ambiguity is present if neither on a method nor a constructor, it implies the annotated element (type, field etc), if on a method or constructor with no parameter, it implies RETURN_VALUE, if on a method with no return value (void), it implies PARAMETERS. Otherwise, IMPLICIT is not accepted and either RETURN_VALUE or PARAMETERS is required.
PARAMETERS Constraint applies to the parameters of a method or a constructor
RETURN_VALUE Constraint applies to the return value of a method or a constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static ConstraintTarget	valueOf(String name) Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name.
static ConstraintTarget[]	values() Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Detail

IMPLICIT

public static final ConstraintTarget IMPLICIT

Discover the type when no ambiguity is present

• if neither on a method nor a constructor, it implies the annotated element (type, field etc),
• if on a method or constructor with no parameter, it implies RETURN_VALUE,
• if on a method with no return value (void), it implies PARAMETERS.

Otherwise, IMPLICIT is not accepted and either RETURN_VALUE or PARAMETERS is required. This is the case for constructors with parameters and methods with parameters and return value.

RETURN_VALUE

public static final ConstraintTarget RETURN_VALUE

Constraint applies to the return value of a method or a constructor.

PARAMETERS

public static final ConstraintTarget PARAMETERS

Constraint applies to the parameters of a method or a constructor

Method Detail

values

public static ConstraintTarget[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared. This method may be used to iterate over the constants as follows:

for (ConstraintTarget c : ConstraintTarget.values())
    System.out.println(c);

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum type, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static ConstraintTarget valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this type with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this type. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum type has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null