public final Enum ConstraintTarget

Class Inheritance

extends Enum<ConstraintTarget>

java.lang.Object
java.lang.Enum
javax.validation.ConstraintTarget

Defines the constraint target.

Author: Emmanuel Bernard
Since: 1.1

Field Summary

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
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`.
public static final ConstraintTarget	PARAMETERS Constraint applies to the parameters of a method or a constructor
public static final ConstraintTarget	RETURN_VALUE Constraint applies to the return value of a method or a constructor.

Constructor Summary

Access	Constructor and Description
private	ConstraintTarget()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
public static ConstraintTarget	valueOf(String name)
public static ConstraintTarget[]	values()

Inherited from java.lang.Enum:: clone compareTo describeConstable equals finalize getDeclaringClass hashCode name ordinal toString valueOf

Field Detail

IMPLICIT back to summary

IMPLICIT	back to summary
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.

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.

PARAMETERS	back to summary
public static final ConstraintTarget PARAMETERS Constraint applies to the parameters of a method or a constructor

RETURN_VALUE	back to summary
public static final ConstraintTarget RETURN_VALUE Constraint applies to the return value of a method or a constructor.

Constructor Detail

ConstraintTarget	back to summary
private ConstraintTarget()

Method Detail

valueOf	back to summary
public static ConstraintTarget valueOf(String name)

values	back to summary
public static ConstraintTarget[] values()