javax.validation

Interface ValidatorFactory

All Known Subinterfaces:

HibernateValidatorFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

LazyValidatorFactory, ValidatorFactoryImpl

public interface ValidatorFactory

Factory returning initialized Validator instances. Implementations are thread-safe This object is typically cached and reused.

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ConstraintValidatorFactory	getConstraintValidatorFactory() Returns the ConstraintValidatorFactory instance configured at initialization time for the ValidatorFactory.
MessageInterpolator	getMessageInterpolator() Returns the MessageInterpolator instance configured at initialization time for the ValidatorFactory.
TraversableResolver	getTraversableResolver() Returns the TraversableResolver instance configured at initialization time for the ValidatorFactory.
Validator	getValidator() Returns an initialized Validator instance using the factory defaults for message interpolator, traversable resolver and constraint validator factory.
<T> T	unwrap(Class<T> type) Return an instance of the specified type allowing access to provider-specific APIs.
ValidatorContext	usingContext() Defines a new validator context and return a Validator compliant this new context.

Method Detail

getValidator

Validator getValidator()

Returns an initialized Validator instance using the factory defaults for message interpolator, traversable resolver and constraint validator factory.

Validator instances can be pooled and shared by the implementation.

Returns:

an initialized Validator instance

usingContext

ValidatorContext usingContext()

Defines a new validator context and return a Validator compliant this new context.

Returns:

a ValidatorContext.

getMessageInterpolator

MessageInterpolator getMessageInterpolator()

Returns the MessageInterpolator instance configured at initialization time for the ValidatorFactory. This is the instance used by #getValidator().

Returns:

MessageInterpolator instance.

getTraversableResolver

TraversableResolver getTraversableResolver()

Returns the TraversableResolver instance configured at initialization time for the ValidatorFactory. This is the instance used by #getValidator().

Returns:

TraversableResolver instance.

getConstraintValidatorFactory

ConstraintValidatorFactory getConstraintValidatorFactory()

Returns the ConstraintValidatorFactory instance configured at initialization time for the ValidatorFactory. This is the instance used by #getValidator().

Returns:

ConstraintValidatorFactory instance.

unwrap

<T> T unwrap(Class<T> type)

Return an instance of the specified type allowing access to provider-specific APIs. If the Bean Validation provider implementation does not support the specified class, ValidationException, is thrown.

Parameters:

type - the class of the object to be returned.

Returns:

an instance of the specified class.

Throws:

ValidationException - if the provider does not support the call.