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package javax.validation.executable;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Set;
import javax.validation.ConstraintViolation;
import javax.validation.ValidationException;
import javax.validation.groups.Default;
/**
* Validates parameters and return values of methods and constructors.
* Implementations of this interface must be thread-safe.
*
* @author Gunnar Morling
* @since 1.1
*/
public interface ExecutableValidator {
/**
* Validates all constraints placed on the parameters of the given method.
*
* @param the type hosting the method to validate
* @param object the object on which the method to validate is invoked
* @param method the method for which the parameter constraints is validated
* @param parameterValues the values provided by the caller for the given method's
* parameters
* @param groups the group or list of groups targeted for validation (defaults to
* {@link Default})
* @return a set with the constraint violations caused by this validation;
* will be empty if no error occurs, but never {@code null}
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code null} is passed for any of the parameters
* or if parameters don't match with each other
* @throws ValidationException if a non recoverable error happens during the
* validation process
*/
Set> validateParameters(T object,
Method method,
Object[] parameterValues,
Class... groups);
/**
* Validates all return value constraints of the given method.
*
* @param the type hosting the method to validate
* @param object the object on which the method to validate is invoked
* @param method the method for which the return value constraints is validated
* @param returnValue the value returned by the given method
* @param groups the group or list of groups targeted for validation (defaults to
* {@link Default})
* @return a set with the constraint violations caused by this validation;
* will be empty if no error occurs, but never {@code null}
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code null} is passed for any of the object,
* method or groups parameters or if parameters don't match with each other
* @throws ValidationException if a non recoverable error happens during the
* validation process
*/
Set> validateReturnValue(T object,
Method method,
Object returnValue,
Class... groups);
/**
* Validates all constraints placed on the parameters of the given constructor.
*
* @param the type hosting the constructor to validate
* @param constructor the constructor for which the parameter constraints is validated
* @param parameterValues the values provided by the caller for the given constructor's
* parameters
* @param groups the group or list of groups targeted for validation (defaults to
* {@link Default})
* @return a set with the constraint violations caused by this validation;
* Will be empty if no error occurs, but never {@code null}
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code null} is passed for any of the parameters
* or if parameters don't match with each other
* @throws ValidationException if a non recoverable error happens during the
* validation process
*/
Set> validateConstructorParameters(Constructor constructor,
Object[] parameterValues,
Class... groups);
/**
* Validates all return value constraints of the given constructor.
*
* @param the type hosting the constructor to validate
* @param constructor the constructor for which the return value constraints is validated
* @param createdObject the object instantiated by the given method
* @param groups the group or list of groups targeted for validation (defaults to
* {@link Default})
* @return a set with the constraint violations caused by this validation;
* will be empty, if no error occurs, but never {@code null}
* @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code null} is passed for any of the parameters
* or if parameters don't match with each other
* @throws ValidationException if a non recoverable error happens during the
* validation process
*/
Set> validateConstructorReturnValue(Constructor constructor,
T createdObject,
Class... groups);
}