org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.aggregated

Class GroupConversionHelper

java.lang.Object

org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.aggregated.GroupConversionHelper

public class GroupConversionHelper
extends Object

Provides group conversion functionality to Cascadables.

Author:

Gunnar Morling

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
GroupConversionHelper(Map<Class<?>,Class<?>> groupConversions)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Set<javax.validation.metadata.GroupConversionDescriptor>	asDescriptors() Returns a set with GroupConversionDescriptors representing the underlying group conversions.
Class<?>	convertGroup(Class<?> from) Converts the given validation group as per the group conversion configuration for this property (as e.g.
void	validateGroupConversions(boolean isCascaded, String location)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

GroupConversionHelper

public GroupConversionHelper(Map<Class<?>,Class<?>> groupConversions)

Method Detail

convertGroup

public Class<?> convertGroup(Class<?> from)

Converts the given validation group as per the group conversion configuration for this property (as e.g. specified via @ConvertGroup.

Parameters:

from - The group to convert.

Returns:

The converted group. Will be the original group itself in case no conversion is to be performed.

asDescriptors

public Set<javax.validation.metadata.GroupConversionDescriptor> asDescriptors()

Returns a set with GroupConversionDescriptors representing the underlying group conversions.

Returns:

A set with group conversion descriptors. May be empty, but never null.

validateGroupConversions

public void validateGroupConversions(boolean isCascaded,
                            String location)