org.hibernate.validator

Class HibernateValidator

java.lang.Object

org.hibernate.validator.HibernateValidator

All Implemented Interfaces:

ValidationProvider<HibernateValidatorConfiguration>

public class HibernateValidator
extends Object
implements ValidationProvider<HibernateValidatorConfiguration>

Default implementation of ValidationProvider within Hibernate Validator.

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard, Hardy Ferentschik

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
HibernateValidator()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ValidatorFactory	buildValidatorFactory(ConfigurationState configurationState) Build a ValidatorFactory using the current provider implementation.
Configuration<?>	createGenericConfiguration(BootstrapState state) Returns a Configuration instance.
HibernateValidatorConfiguration	createSpecializedConfiguration(BootstrapState state) Returns a Configuration instance implementing T, the Configuration sub-interface.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

HibernateValidator

public HibernateValidator()

Method Detail

createSpecializedConfiguration

public HibernateValidatorConfiguration createSpecializedConfiguration(BootstrapState state)

Description copied from interface: ValidationProvider

Returns a Configuration instance implementing T, the Configuration sub-interface. The returned Configuration instance must use the current provider (this) to build the ValidatorFactory instance.

Specified by:

createSpecializedConfiguration in interface ValidationProvider<HibernateValidatorConfiguration>

Parameters:

state - bootstrap state

Returns:

specific Configuration implementation

createGenericConfiguration

public Configuration<?> createGenericConfiguration(BootstrapState state)

Description copied from interface: ValidationProvider

Returns a Configuration instance. This instance is not bound to use the current provider. The choice of provider follows the algorithm described in Configuration

The ValidationProviderResolver used by Configuration is provided by state. If null, the default ValidationProviderResolver is used.

Specified by:

createGenericConfiguration in interface ValidationProvider<HibernateValidatorConfiguration>

Parameters:

state - bootstrap state

Returns:

non specialized Configuration implementation

buildValidatorFactory

public ValidatorFactory buildValidatorFactory(ConfigurationState configurationState)

Description copied from interface: ValidationProvider

Build a ValidatorFactory using the current provider implementation.

The ValidatorFactory is assembled and follows the configuration passed via ConfigurationState.

The returned ValidatorFactory is properly initialized and ready for use.

Specified by:

buildValidatorFactory in interface ValidationProvider<HibernateValidatorConfiguration>

Parameters:

configurationState - the configuration descriptor

Returns:

the instantiated ValidatorFactory