org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.provider
Interface MetaDataProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnnotationMetaDataProvider, MetaDataProviderKeyedByClassName, ProgrammaticMetaDataProvider, XmlMetaDataProvider

public interface MetaDataProvider

A provider for constraint related meta data such as constraints, default group sequences etc.

Implementations are based one different meta data sources such as XML, programmatic mappings and annotations. Meta data providers only return meta data directly configured for one class, they don't deal with merging meta data from super-classes or implemented interfaces.

Author:

Gunnar Morling, Hardy Ferentschik

Method Summary

AnnotationProcessingOptions	getAnnotationProcessingOptions() Returns the annotation processing options as configured by this provider.
<T> List<BeanConfiguration<? super T>>	getBeanConfigurationForHierarchy(Class<T> beanClass) Returns a list with the configurations for all types contained in the given type's hierarchy (including implemented interfaces) starting at the specified type.

Method Detail

getAnnotationProcessingOptions

AnnotationProcessingOptions getAnnotationProcessingOptions()

Returns the annotation processing options as configured by this provider.

Returns:

The annotation processing options as configured by this provider.

getBeanConfigurationForHierarchy

<T> List<BeanConfiguration<? super T>> getBeanConfigurationForHierarchy(Class<T> beanClass)

Returns a list with the configurations for all types contained in the given type's hierarchy (including implemented interfaces) starting at the specified type.

Parameters:

beanClass - The type of interest.

Returns:

A set with the configurations for the complete hierarchy of the given type. May be empty, but never null.