javax.validation

Interface ConstraintValidatorFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConstraintValidatorFactoryImpl, InjectingConstraintValidatorFactory

public interface ConstraintValidatorFactory

Instantiates a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class. The ConstraintValidatorFactory is not responsible for calling ConstraintValidator.initialize(java.lang.annotation.Annotation).

Author:

Dhanji R. Prasanna, Emmanuel Bernard, Hardy Ferentschik

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T extends ConstraintValidator<?,?>> T	getInstance(Class<T> key)
void	releaseInstance(ConstraintValidator<?,?> instance) Signals ConstraintValidatorFactory that the instance is no longer being used by the Bean Validation provider.

Method Detail

getInstance

<T extends ConstraintValidator<?,?>> T getInstance(Class<T> key)

Type Parameters:

T - The type of the constraint validator to instantiate

Parameters:

key - The class of the constraint validator to instantiate

Returns:

A new constraint validator instance of the specified class

releaseInstance

void releaseInstance(ConstraintValidator<?,?> instance)

Signals ConstraintValidatorFactory that the instance is no longer being used by the Bean Validation provider.

Parameters:

instance - validator being released

Since:

1.1