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/*
* Bean Validation API
*
* License: Apache License, Version 2.0
* See the license.txt file in the root directory or .
*/
package javax.validation.metadata;
import javax.validation.groups.Default;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* Describes a validated element (class, property, method etc.).
*
* @author Emmanuel Bernard
* @author Hardy Ferentschik
* @author Gunnar Morling
*/
public interface ElementDescriptor {
/**
* @return returns {@code true} if at least one constraint declaration is present
* for this element in the class hierarchy, {@code false} otherwise
*/
boolean hasConstraints();
/**
* @return the statically defined returned type
*/
Class getElementClass();
/**
* Returns all constraint descriptors for this element in the class hierarchy
* or an empty {@code Set} if none are present.
*
* @return {@code Set} of constraint descriptors for this element
*/
Set> getConstraintDescriptors();
/**
* Finds constraints and potentially restricts them to certain criteria.
*
* @return {@code ConstraintFinder} object
*/
ConstraintFinder findConstraints();
/**
* Declares restrictions on retrieved constraints.
* Restrictions are cumulative.
*
* A {@code ConstraintFinder} is not thread-safe. The set of matching
* {@link ConstraintDescriptor} is.
*/
interface ConstraintFinder {
/**
* Restricts to the constraints matching a given set of groups for this element.
*
* This method respects group conversion, group sequences
* and group inheritance (including class-level {@link Default} group
* overriding) but does not return {@link ConstraintDescriptor}s
* in any particular order.
* Specifically, ordering of the group sequence is not respected.
*
* @param groups groups targeted
* @return {@code this} following the chaining method pattern
*/
ConstraintFinder unorderedAndMatchingGroups(Class... groups);
/**
* Restricts to the constraints matching the provided scope for this element.
*
* Defaults to {@link Scope#HIERARCHY}
*
* @param scope expected scope
* @return {@code this} following the chaining method pattern
*/
ConstraintFinder lookingAt(Scope scope);
/**
* Restricts to the constraints hosted on the listed {@code types}
* for a given element.
*
* Defaults to all possible types of the element.
*
* Typically used to restrict to fields ({@code FIELD})
* or getters ({@code METHOD}).
*
* @param types targeted types
*
* @return {@code this} following the chaining method pattern
*/
ConstraintFinder declaredOn(ElementType... types);
/**
* Retrieves the constraint descriptors following the defined
* restrictions and hosted on the element described by
* {@link ElementDescriptor}.
*
* @return matching constraint descriptors
*/
Set> getConstraintDescriptors();
/**
* Returns {@code true} if at least one constraint declaration
* matching the restrictions is present on the element,
* {@code false} otherwise.
*
* @return {@code true} if there is at least one constraint
*/
boolean hasConstraints();
}
}