Uses of Package
javax.validation

Packages that use javax.validation

Package	Description
javax.validation	Top level package of the Bean Validation API.
javax.validation.bootstrap	Package containing bootstrap specific objects.
javax.validation.constraints	Contains all the Bean Validation provided constraints also called built-in constraints.
javax.validation.executable	Package related to the control and execution of executable validation.
javax.validation.metadata	Package containing all objects specifically used and returned by the metadata API.
javax.validation.spi	Package containing objects specific to the interaction between the Bean Validation bootstrapping process and Bean Validation providers.
org.apache.cxf.validation
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.cfg.context	Contains facet and creational context interfaces forming the API for programmatic constraint definition.
org.hibernate.validator.constraints	Hibernate Validator specific constraints.
org.hibernate.validator.constraints.br	Hibernate Validator Brazilian constraints.
org.hibernate.validator.constraintvalidation	Custom Hibernate Validator specific constraint validation extension classes.
org.hibernate.validator.constraintvalidators
org.hibernate.validator.engine
org.hibernate.validator.internal.cdi	Classes for enabling Bean Validation CDI integration.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.cfg.context	Creational context implementations of the API for programmatic constraint definition.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators.bv	Implementations of the Bean Validation built-in constraints.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators.bv.future	Constraint validator implementations of the Bean Validation Future constraint.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators.bv.past	Constraint validator implementations of the Bean Validation Past constraint.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators.bv.size	Implementations of the Bean Validation Size constraint.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators.hv	Implementations of Hibernate Validator specific constraints.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.constraintvalidators.hv.br
org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine	Implementations for the core interfaces of JSR-303.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.constraintdefinition
org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.constraintvalidation	Classes dealing with the representation of constraints and the management/instantitation of constraint validators.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.groups	Helper classes for the processing of groups.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.messageinterpolation	Helper classes for message interpolation.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.messageinterpolation.parser	Classes related to parsing a message descriptor and extracting interpolation terms.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.path	Classes related to the Path.Node API.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.resolver	Various implementations of the TraversableResolver interface.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata	Implementations of the Bean Validation metadata interfaces as well as Hibernate Validator specific meta data classes.
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	Core classes of the internal model used for representing constraints and related metadata.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.descriptor	Implementation of the Bean Validation meta data API.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.facets	Contains the facet interfaces implemented by the aggregated meta data model types, allowing for a unified validation routine for all kinds of validation (bean, parameter and return value validation).
org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.provider	Abstraction of the meta data sources - annotation, xml, programmatic
org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.raw	The raw metadata is a reflection of all configured constraints including constraints defined via multiple configuration sources.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.util	Independent helper classes.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.logging	Logging classes.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.util.privilegedactions	Implementations of PrivilegedAction in order to execute reflection operations in a security manager.
org.hibernate.validator.internal.xml	Classes for parsing of 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.parameternameprovider	Custom Hibernate Validator javax.validation.ParameterNameProvider implementations.
org.hibernate.validator.path	Hibernate Validator extensions around javax.validation.Path.
org.jboss.resteasy.api.validation
org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.validation
org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.validation.i18n

Classes in javax.validation used by javax.validation

Class and Description
BootstrapConfiguration Represents the user specified default configuration in META-INF/validation.xml.
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.
ConstraintTarget Defines the constraint target.
ConstraintValidator Defines the logic to validate a given constraint A for a given object type T.
ConstraintValidatorContext Provides 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.LeafNodeBuilderCustomizableContext Represents a node whose context is configurable (i.e.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.LeafNodeBuilderDefinedContext Represents a node whose context is known (i.e.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.LeafNodeContextBuilder Represents refinement choices for a node which is in an Iterator or Map.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderCustomizableContext Represents a node whose context is configurable (i.e.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeBuilderDefinedContext Represents a node whose context is known (i.e.
ConstraintValidatorContext.ConstraintViolationBuilder.NodeContextBuilder Represents refinement choices for a node which is in an Iterator or Map.
ConstraintValidatorFactory Instantiates a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
ConstraintViolation Describes a constraint violation.
ElementKind Enum of possible kinds of elements encountered in Bean Validation.
MessageInterpolator Interpolates a given constraint violation message.
MessageInterpolator.Context Information related to the interpolation context.
ParameterNameProvider Provides names for method and constructor parameters.
Path Represents 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 Bean Validation "unexpected" problems.
Validator Validates 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.

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

Class and Description
Constraint Marks an annotation as being a Bean Validation constraint.

Classes in javax.validation used by javax.validation.executable

Class and Description
ConstraintViolation Describes a constraint violation.

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

Class and Description
ConstraintTarget Defines the constraint target.
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 Instantiates a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
MessageInterpolator Interpolates a given constraint violation message.
ParameterNameProvider Provides names for method and constructor parameters.
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.
ValidatorFactory Factory returning initialized Validator instances.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.apache.cxf.validation

Class and Description
ConstraintValidatorFactory Instantiates a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
ConstraintViolation Describes a constraint violation.
ConstraintViolationException Reports the result of constraint violations.
MessageInterpolator Interpolates a given constraint violation message.
ParameterNameProvider Provides names for method and constructor parameters.
TraversableResolver Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Bean Validation provider.
ValidationException Base exception of all Bean Validation "unexpected" problems.
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.
ValidatorFactory Factory returning initialized Validator instances.

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

Class and Description
Path Represents 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 Instantiates a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
MessageInterpolator Interpolates a given constraint violation message.
ParameterNameProvider Provides names for method and constructor parameters.
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.cfg.context

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.constraints

Class and Description
Constraint Marks an annotation as being a Bean Validation constraint.
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 Marks an annotation as being a Bean Validation constraint.
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.constraintvalidation

Class and Description
ConstraintValidatorContext Provides contextual data and operation when applying a given constraint validator.

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

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

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

Class and Description
ConstraintViolation Describes a constraint violation.

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

Class and Description
ConstraintValidator Defines the logic to validate a given constraint A for a given object type T.
ConstraintValidatorFactory Instantiates a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
Validator Validates bean instances.
ValidatorFactory Factory returning initialized Validator instances.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.hibernate.validator.internal.cfg.context

Class and Description
ParameterNameProvider Provides names for method and constructor parameters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Class and Description
BootstrapConfiguration Represents the user specified default configuration in META-INF/validation.xml.
Configuration Receives configuration information, selects the appropriate Bean Validation provider and builds the appropriate ValidatorFactory.
ConstraintValidatorFactory Instantiates a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
ConstraintViolation Describes a constraint violation.
MessageInterpolator Interpolates a given constraint violation message.
MessageInterpolator.Context Information related to the interpolation context.
ParameterNameProvider Provides names for method and constructor parameters.
Path Represents the navigation path from an object to another in an object graph.
TraversableResolver Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Bean Validation provider.
Validator Validates 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.constraintdefinition

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.engine.constraintvalidation

Class and Description
ConstraintValidator Defines the logic to validate a given constraint A for a given object type T.
ConstraintValidatorContext Provides 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 Instantiates a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.

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.messageinterpolation

Class and Description
MessageInterpolator.Context Information related to the interpolation context.

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

Class and Description
ValidationException Base exception of all Bean Validation "unexpected" problems.

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

Class and Description
ElementKind Enum of possible kinds of elements encountered in Bean Validation.
Path Represents the navigation path from an object to another in an object graph.
Path.BeanNode Node representing a bean.
Path.ConstructorNode Node representing a constructor.
Path.CrossParameterNode Node representing the element holding cross-parameter constraints of a method or constructor.
Path.MethodNode Node representing a method.
Path.Node Represents an element of a navigation path.
Path.ParameterNode Node representing a parameter of a method or constructor.
Path.PropertyNode Node representing a property.
Path.ReturnValueNode Node representing the return value of a method or constructor.

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

Class and Description
Path Represents 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

Class and Description
ParameterNameProvider Provides names for method and constructor parameters.

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.
ElementKind Enum of possible kinds of elements encountered in Bean Validation.

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
ConstraintTarget Defines the constraint target.
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.metadata.facets

Class and Description
ElementKind Enum of possible kinds of elements encountered in Bean Validation.

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

Class and Description
ParameterNameProvider Provides names for method and constructor parameters.

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

Class and Description
ParameterNameProvider Provides names for method and constructor parameters.

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

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.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.
ConstraintTarget Defines the constraint target.
ElementKind Enum of possible kinds of elements encountered in Bean Validation.
GroupDefinitionException Exception raised if a group definition is not legal.
Path Represents the navigation path from an object to another in an object graph.
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 Bean Validation "unexpected" problems.

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

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.xml

Class and Description
BootstrapConfiguration Represents the user specified default configuration in META-INF/validation.xml.
ConstraintValidatorFactory Instantiates a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class.
MessageInterpolator Interpolates a given constraint violation message.
ParameterNameProvider Provides names for method and constructor parameters.
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 Interpolates a given constraint violation message.
MessageInterpolator.Context Information related to the interpolation context.

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

Class and Description
ParameterNameProvider Provides names for method and constructor parameters.

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

Class and Description
Path.Node Represents an element of a navigation path.
Path.PropertyNode Node representing a property.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.jboss.resteasy.api.validation

Class and Description
ConstraintViolation Describes a constraint violation.
ConstraintViolationException Reports the result of constraint violations.
ValidationException Base exception of all Bean Validation "unexpected" problems.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.validation

Class and Description
ConstraintViolation Describes a constraint violation.
MessageInterpolator Interpolates a given constraint violation message.
MessageInterpolator.Context Information related to the interpolation context.
Validator Validates bean instances.
ValidatorFactory Factory returning initialized Validator instances.

Classes in javax.validation used by org.jboss.resteasy.plugins.validation.i18n

Class and Description
ElementKind Enum of possible kinds of elements encountered in Bean Validation.
ValidatorFactory Factory returning initialized Validator instances.