org.apache.bval.jsr

Class AnnotationProcessor

java.lang.Object

org.apache.bval.jsr.AnnotationProcessor

public final class AnnotationProcessor
extends Object

Description: implements uniform handling of JSR303 Constraint annotations, including composed constraints and the resolution of ConstraintValidator implementations.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
AnnotationProcessor(ApacheValidatorFactory factory) Create a new AnnotationProcessor instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	addAccessStrategy(Meta prop, AccessStrategy access) Add the specified AccessStrategy to prop; noop if prop == null.
<A extends Annotation> boolean	processAnnotation(A annotation, Meta prop, Class<?> owner, AccessStrategy access, AppendValidation appender, boolean reflection) Process a single annotation.
boolean	processAnnotations(Meta prop, Class<?> owner, AnnotatedElement element, AccessStrategy access, AppendValidation appender) Process JSR303 annotations.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

AnnotationProcessor

public AnnotationProcessor(ApacheValidatorFactory factory)

Create a new AnnotationProcessor instance.

Parameters:

factory - the validator factory.

Method Detail

processAnnotations

public boolean processAnnotations(Meta prop,
                                  Class<?> owner,
                                  AnnotatedElement element,
                                  AccessStrategy access,
                                  AppendValidation appender)
                           throws IllegalAccessException,
                                  InvocationTargetException

Process JSR303 annotations.

Parameters:

prop - potentially null

owner - bean type

element - whose annotations to read

access - strategy for prop

appender - handling accumulation

Returns:

whether any processing took place

Throws:

IllegalAccessException

InvocationTargetException

processAnnotation

public <A extends Annotation> boolean processAnnotation(A annotation,
                                                        Meta prop,
                                                        Class<?> owner,
                                                        AccessStrategy access,
                                                        AppendValidation appender,
                                                        boolean reflection)
                                                 throws IllegalAccessException,
                                                        InvocationTargetException

Process a single annotation.

Type Parameters:

A - annotation type

Parameters:

annotation - to process

prop - potentially null

owner - bean type

access - strategy for prop

appender - handling accumulation

Returns:

whether any processing took place

Throws:

IllegalAccessException

InvocationTargetException

addAccessStrategy

public boolean addAccessStrategy(Meta prop,
                                 AccessStrategy access)

Add the specified AccessStrategy to prop; noop if prop == null.

Parameters:

prop -

access -

Returns:

whether anything took place.