org.hibernate.validator.metadata
Class BeanMetaConstraint<A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>

java.lang.Object
  org.hibernate.validator.metadata.MetaConstraint<A>
      org.hibernate.validator.metadata.BeanMetaConstraint<A>

public class BeanMetaConstraint<A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>
extends MetaConstraint<A>

A MetaConstraint implementation that represents a field, property-level or class level constraint and allows the unified handling of these constraints.

Author:

Gunnar Morling

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class org.hibernate.validator.metadata.MetaConstraint

location

Constructor Summary

BeanMetaConstraint(ConstraintDescriptorImpl<A> constraintDescriptor, java.lang.Class<?> beanClass, java.lang.reflect.Member member)
Creates a new BeanMetaConstraint.

Method Summary

BeanConstraintLocation	getLocation() Returns the location of this constraint.
java.lang.Object	getValue(java.lang.Object o)

Methods inherited from class org.hibernate.validator.metadata.MetaConstraint

equals, getDescriptor, getElementType, getGroupList, hashCode, toString, typeOfAnnotatedElement, validateConstraint

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BeanMetaConstraint

public BeanMetaConstraint(ConstraintDescriptorImpl<A> constraintDescriptor,
                          java.lang.Class<?> beanClass,
                          java.lang.reflect.Member member)

Creates a new BeanMetaConstraint.

Parameters:

constraintDescriptor - The descriptor for this constraint.

beanClass - The type hosting this constraint.

member - The field or getter method hosting this constraint if this is not a class-level constraint, otherwise null.

Method Detail

getLocation

public BeanConstraintLocation getLocation()

Returns the location of this constraint.

Overrides:

getLocation in class MetaConstraint<A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation>

getValue

public java.lang.Object getValue(java.lang.Object o)

Parameters:

o - the object from which to retrieve the value.

Returns:

Returns the value for this constraint from the specified object. Depending on the type either the value itself is returned of method or field access is used to access the value.