javax.validation

Interface ParameterNameProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultParameterNameProvider, ParanamerParameterNameProvider, ReflectionParameterNameProvider

public interface ParameterNameProvider

Provides names for method and constructor parameters.

Used by the Bean Validation runtime when creating constraint violation objects for violated method constraints.

Implementations must be thread-safe.

Since:

1.1

Author:

Gunnar Morling

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<String>	getParameterNames(Constructor<?> constructor) Returns the names of the parameters of the given constructor.
List<String>	getParameterNames(Method method) Returns the names of the parameters of the given method.

Method Detail

getParameterNames

List<String> getParameterNames(Constructor<?> constructor)

Returns the names of the parameters of the given constructor.

Parameters:

constructor - the constructor for which the parameter names shall be retrieved; never null

Returns:

a list containing the names of the parameters of the given constructor; may be empty but never null

getParameterNames

List<String> getParameterNames(Method method)

Returns the names of the parameters of the given method.

Parameters:

method - the method for which the parameter names shall be retrieved; never null

Returns:

a list containing the names of the parameters of the given method; may be empty but never null