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/*
 * Hibernate Validator, declare and validate application constraints
 *
 * License: Apache License, Version 2.0
 * See the license.txt file in the root directory or .
 */
package org.hibernate.validator.constraints;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.PARAMETER;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE_USE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Repeatable;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import javax.validation.Constraint;
import javax.validation.OverridesAttribute;
import javax.validation.Payload;
import javax.validation.ReportAsSingleViolation;
import javax.validation.constraints.Pattern;

import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.URL.List;

/**
 * Validates the annotated string is an URL.
 *
 * 
 * The parameters {@code protocol}, {@code host} and {@code port} are matched against the corresponding parts of the URL.
 * and an additional regular expression can be specified using {@code regexp} and {@code flags} to further restrict the
 * matching criteria.
 * 
 *
 * 
 * Note:
 * Per default the constraint validator for this constraint uses the {@code java.net.URL} constructor to validate the string.
 * This means that a matching protocol handler needs to be available. Handlers for the following protocols are guaranteed
 * to exist within a default JVM - http, https, ftp, file, and jar.
 * See also the Javadoc for URL.
 * 
 * 
 * In case URLs with non default protocol handlers need to be validated, Hibernate Validator can be configured to use
 * a regular expression based URL validator only. This can be done programmatically via a {@code org.hibernate.validator.cfg.ConstraintMapping}:
 * 
 * {@code
 * HibernateValidatorConfiguration config = Validation.byProvider( HibernateValidator.class )
 *     .getConfiguration( HibernateValidator.class );
 *
 * ConstraintMapping constraintMapping = config.createConstraintMapping();
 * constraintMapping
 *     .constraintDefinition( URL.class )
 *     .includeExistingValidators( false )
 *     .validatedBy( RegexpURLValidator.class );
 *
 * config.addMapping( constraintMapping );
 * }
 * 
 * or via a constraint mapping configuration:
 *  * {@code
 * 
 *
 *     
 *         
 *             org.hibernate.validator.constraintvalidators.RegexpURLValidator
 *         
 *     
 * 
 * }
 * 
 *
 * @see RFC2396
 * @see org.hibernate.validator.cfg.ConstraintMapping#constraintDefinition(Class)
 * @author Hardy Ferentschik
 */
@Documented
@Constraint(validatedBy = { })
@Target({ METHOD, FIELD, ANNOTATION_TYPE, CONSTRUCTOR, PARAMETER, TYPE_USE })
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Repeatable(List.class)
@ReportAsSingleViolation
@Pattern(regexp = "")
public @interface URL {
	String message() default "{org.hibernate.validator.constraints.URL.message}";

	Class[] groups() default { };

	Class[] payload() default { };

	/**
	 * @return the protocol (scheme) the annotated string must match, e.g. ftp or http.
	 *         Per default any protocol is allowed
	 */
	String protocol() default "";

	/**
	 * @return the host the annotated string must match, e.g. localhost. Per default any host is allowed
	 */
	String host() default "";

	/**
	 * @return the port the annotated string must match, e.g. 80. Per default any port is allowed
	 */
	int port() default -1;

	/**
	 * @return an additional regular expression the annotated URL must match. The default is any string ('.*')
	 */
	@OverridesAttribute(constraint = Pattern.class, name = "regexp") String regexp() default ".*";

	/**
	 * @return used in combination with {@link #regexp()} in order to specify a regular expression option
	 */
	@OverridesAttribute(constraint = Pattern.class, name = "flags") Pattern.Flag[] flags() default { };

	/**
	 * Defines several {@code @URL} annotations on the same element.
	 */
	@Target({ METHOD, FIELD, ANNOTATION_TYPE, CONSTRUCTOR, PARAMETER, TYPE_USE })
	@Retention(RUNTIME)
	@Documented
	public @interface List {
		URL[] value();
	}
}