Uses of Package
javax.validation

Packages that use javax.validation

Package	Description
javax.validation
javax.validation.bootstrap
javax.validation.constraints
javax.validation.metadata
javax.validation.spi
org.hibernate.cfg.beanvalidation
org.hibernate.validator	Bootstrap classes HibernateValidator and HibernateValidatorConfiguration which uniquely identify Hibernate Validator and allow to configure it.
org.hibernate.validator.constraints	Hibernate Validator specific constraints.
org.hibernate.validator.constraints.br	Hibernate Validator Brazilian constraints.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators	Implementations of the Bean Validation built-in as well as Hibernate Validator specific constraints.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine	Implementations for the core interfaces of JSR-303.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.groups	Helper classes for the processing of groups.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.resolver	Various implementations of the TraversableResolver interface.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.aggregated	The classes in this package contain the aggregated meta data needed for an actual validation.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.core
org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.descriptor	Implementation of the Bean Validation meta data API and its Hibernate Validator specific extension for the representation of method level constraints.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.util	Independent helper classes.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.logging	Logging classes.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.xml	Classes used to parse Bean Validation XML configuration files.
org.hibernate.validator.messageinterpolation	Implementations of the MessageInterpolator interface in particular ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator which can be used by custom implementations of the interface for delegation.
org.hibernate.validator.method	Deprecated. Will by replaced by equivalent functionality defined by the Bean Validation 1.1 API as of Hibernate Validator 5.

Classes in javax.validation used by javax.validation

Class and Description
Configuration Receives configuration information, selects the appropriate Bean Validation provider and builds the appropriate ValidatorFactory.
ConstraintDeclarationException Exception raised if a constraint declaration is not legal
ConstraintValidator Defines the logic to validate a given constraint A for a given object type T.
ConstraintValidatorContext Provide contextual data and operation when applying a given constraint validator.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder ConstraintViolation builder allowing to optionally associate the violation report to a sub path.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderCustomizableContext Represent a node whose context is configurable (ie index, key and isInIterable)
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderDefinedContext Represent a node whose context is known (ie index, key and isInIterable)
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeContextBuilder Represent refinement choices for a node which is in an Iterator or Map.
ConstraintValidatorFactory Instantiate a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
ConstraintViolation Describe a constraint violation.
MessageInterpolator Interpolate a given constraint violation message.
MessageInterpolator.Context Information related to the interpolation context
Path Represent the navigation path from an object to another in an object graph.
Path.Node Represents an element of a navigation path
TraversableResolver Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Bean Validation provider.
ValidationException Base exception of all "unexpected" problems.
Validator Validate bean instances.
ValidatorContext Represents the context that is used to create Validator instances.
ValidatorFactory Factory returning initialized Validator instances.

Classes in javax.validation used by javax.validation.bootstrap

Class and Description
Configuration Receives configuration information, selects the appropriate Bean Validation provider and builds the appropriate ValidatorFactory.
ValidationProviderResolver Determines the list of Bean Validation providers available in the runtime environment Bean Validation providers are identified by the presence of META-INF/services/javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider files following the Service Provider pattern described here Each META-INF/services/javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider file contains the list of ValidationProvider implementations each of them representing a provider.

Classes in javax.validation used by javax.validation.constraints

Class and Description
Constraint Link between a constraint annotation and its constraint validation implementations.

Classes in javax.validation used by javax.validation.metadata

Class and Description
ConstraintValidator Defines the logic to validate a given constraint A for a given object type T.
Payload Payload type that can be attached to a given constraint declaration.

Classes in javax.validation used by javax.validation.spi

Class and Description
Configuration Receives configuration information, selects the appropriate Bean Validation provider and builds the appropriate ValidatorFactory.
ConstraintValidatorFactory Instantiate a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
MessageInterpolator Interpolate a given constraint violation message.
TraversableResolver Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Bean Validation provider.
ValidationProviderResolver Determines the list of Bean Validation providers available in the runtime environment Bean Validation providers are identified by the presence of META-INF/services/javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider files following the Service Provider pattern described here Each META-INF/services/javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider file contains the list of ValidationProvider implementations each of them representing a provider.
ValidatorFactory Factory returning initialized Validator instances.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.cfg.beanvalidation

Class and Description
Path Represent the navigation path from an object to another in an object graph.
Path.Node Represents an element of a navigation path
TraversableResolver Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Bean Validation provider.
ValidatorFactory Factory returning initialized Validator instances.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator

Class and Description
Configuration Receives configuration information, selects the appropriate Bean Validation provider and builds the appropriate ValidatorFactory.
ConstraintValidatorFactory Instantiate a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
MessageInterpolator Interpolate a given constraint violation message.
TraversableResolver Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Bean Validation provider.
ValidatorContext Represents the context that is used to create Validator instances.
ValidatorFactory Factory returning initialized Validator instances.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator.constraints

Class and Description
Constraint Link between a constraint annotation and its constraint validation implementations.
ReportAsSingleViolation A constraint annotation hosting this annotation will return the composed annotation error report if any of the composing annotations fail.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator.constraints.br

Class and Description
Constraint Link between a constraint annotation and its constraint validation implementations.
ReportAsSingleViolation A constraint annotation hosting this annotation will return the composed annotation error report if any of the composing annotations fail.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators

Class and Description
ConstraintValidator Defines the logic to validate a given constraint A for a given object type T.
ConstraintValidatorContext Provide contextual data and operation when applying a given constraint validator.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine

Class and Description
Configuration Receives configuration information, selects the appropriate Bean Validation provider and builds the appropriate ValidatorFactory.
ConstraintValidator Defines the logic to validate a given constraint A for a given object type T.
ConstraintValidatorContext Provide contextual data and operation when applying a given constraint validator.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder ConstraintViolation builder allowing to optionally associate the violation report to a sub path.
ConstraintValidatorFactory Instantiate a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
ConstraintViolation Describe a constraint violation.
MessageInterpolator Interpolate a given constraint violation message.
MessageInterpolator.Context Information related to the interpolation context
Path Represent the navigation path from an object to another in an object graph.
Path.Node Represents an element of a navigation path
TraversableResolver Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Bean Validation provider.
Validator Validate bean instances.
ValidatorContext Represents the context that is used to create Validator instances.
ValidatorFactory Factory returning initialized Validator instances.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.groups

Class and Description
GroupDefinitionException Exception raised if a group definition is not legal

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.resolver

Class and Description
Path Represent the navigation path from an object to another in an object graph.
Path.Node Represents an element of a navigation path
TraversableResolver Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Bean Validation provider.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.aggregated

Class and Description
ConstraintDeclarationException Exception raised if a constraint declaration is not legal

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.core

Class and Description
ConstraintValidator Defines the logic to validate a given constraint A for a given object type T.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.descriptor

Class and Description
ConstraintValidator Defines the logic to validate a given constraint A for a given object type T.
Payload Payload type that can be attached to a given constraint declaration.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator.internal.util

Class and Description
Configuration Receives configuration information, selects the appropriate Bean Validation provider and builds the appropriate ValidatorFactory.
ConstraintValidator Defines the logic to validate a given constraint A for a given object type T.
ConstraintValidatorFactory Instantiate a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
MessageInterpolator Interpolate a given constraint violation message.
TraversableResolver Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Bean Validation provider.
Validator Validate bean instances.
ValidatorContext Represents the context that is used to create Validator instances.
ValidatorFactory Factory returning initialized Validator instances.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.logging

Class and Description
ConstraintDeclarationException Exception raised if a constraint declaration is not legal
ConstraintDefinitionException Exception raised if a constraint definition is not legal
GroupDefinitionException Exception raised if a group definition is not legal
UnexpectedTypeException Exception raised in the case that the constraint validator resolution cannot determine a suitable validator for a given type.
ValidationException Base exception of all "unexpected" problems.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator.internal.xml

Class and Description
ConstraintValidatorFactory Instantiate a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
MessageInterpolator Interpolate a given constraint violation message.
TraversableResolver Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Bean Validation provider.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator.messageinterpolation

Class and Description
MessageInterpolator Interpolate a given constraint violation message.
MessageInterpolator.Context Information related to the interpolation context

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator.method

Class and Description
ConstraintViolation Describe a constraint violation.
ValidationException Base exception of all "unexpected" problems.