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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;
import javax.validation.metadata.ConstraintDescriptor;
/**
* Describes a constraint violation. This object exposes the constraint
* violation context as well as the message describing the violation.
*
* @author Emmanuel Bernard
*/
public interface ConstraintViolation {
/**
* @return the interpolated error message for this constraint violation
*/
String getMessage();
/**
* @return the non-interpolated error message for this constraint violation
*/
String getMessageTemplate();
/**
* Returns the root bean being validated. For method validation, returns
* the object the method is executed on.
*
* Returns {@code null} when:
*
* - the {@code ConstraintViolation} is returned after calling
* {@link Validator#validateValue(Class, String, Object, Class[])}
* - the {@code ConstraintViolation} is returned after validating a
* constructor.
*
*
* @return the validated object, the object hosting the validated element or {@code null}
*/
T getRootBean();
/**
* Returns the class of the root bean being validated.
* For method validation, this is the object class the
* method is executed on.
* For constructor validation, this is the class the constructor
* is declared on.
*
* @return the class of the root bean or of the object hosting the validated element
*/
Class getRootBeanClass();
/**
* Returns:
*
* - the bean instance the constraint is applied on if it is
* a bean constraint
* - the bean instance hosting the property the constraint
* is applied on if it is a property constraint
* - {@code null} when the {@code ConstraintViolation} is returned
* after calling {@link Validator#validateValue(Class, String, Object, Class[])}
*
* - the object the method is executed on if it is
* a method parameter, cross-parameter or return value constraint
* - {@code null} if it is a constructor parameter or
* cross-parameter constraint
* - the object the constructor has created if it is a
* constructor return value constraint
*
*
* @return the leaf bean
*/
Object getLeafBean();
/**
* Returns an {@code Object[]} representing the constructor or method invocation
* arguments if the {@code ConstraintViolation} is returned after validating the
* method or constructor parameters.
* Returns {@code null} otherwise.
*
* @return parameters of the method or constructor invocation or {@code null}
*
* @since 1.1
*/
Object[] getExecutableParameters();
/**
* Returns the return value of the constructor or method invocation
* if the {@code ConstraintViolation} is returned after validating the method
* or constructor return value.
*
* Returns {@code null} if the method has no return value.
* Returns {@code null} otherwise.
*
* @return the method or constructor return value or {@code null}
*
* @since 1.1
*/
Object getExecutableReturnValue();
/**
* @return the property path to the value from {@code rootBean}
*/
Path getPropertyPath();
/**
* Returns the value failing to pass the constraint.
* For cross-parameter constraints, an {@code Object[]} representing
* the method invocation arguments is returned.
*
* @return the value failing to pass the constraint
*/
Object getInvalidValue();
/**
* Returns the constraint metadata reported to fail.
* The returned instance is immutable.
*
* @return constraint metadata
*/
ConstraintDescriptor getConstraintDescriptor();
/**
* Returns an instance of the specified type allowing access to
* provider-specific APIs. If the Bean Validation provider
* implementation does not support the specified class,
* {@link ValidationException} is thrown.
*
* @param type the class of the object to be returned
* @param the type of the object to be returned
* @return an instance of the specified class
* @throws ValidationException if the provider does not support the call
*
* @since 1.1
*/
U unwrap(Class type);
}