LocalValidatorFactoryBean (Spring Framework 3.2.17.RELEASE API)

java.lang.Object
- org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.SpringValidatorAdapter
- - org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean

All Implemented Interfaces:

Validator, ValidatorFactory, Aware, InitializingBean, ApplicationContextAware, SmartValidator
```
public class LocalValidatorFactoryBean
extends SpringValidatorAdapter
implements ValidatorFactory, ApplicationContextAware, InitializingBean
```
This is the central class for javax.validation (JSR-303) setup in a Spring application context: It bootstraps a javax.validation.ValidationFactory and exposes it through the Spring Validator interface as well as through the JSR-303 Validator interface and the ValidatorFactory interface itself.
When talking to an instance of this bean through the Spring or JSR-303 Validator interfaces, you'll be talking to the default Validator of the underlying ValidatorFactory. This is very convenient in that you don't have to perform yet another call on the factory, assuming that you will almost always use the default Validator anyway. This can also be injected directly into any target dependency of type Validator!
NOTE: This class is based on Bean Validation 1.0 and (optionally) Hibernate Validator 4.x. Nevertheless, its core functionality does work against Bean Validation 1.1 at runtime. However, there is no special support for Hibernate Validator 5.0 yet; as a consequence, setValidationMessageSource(org.springframework.context.MessageSource) won't work in that scenario. Please stick with Hibernate Validator 4.3 for the time being, or upgrade to Spring Framework 4.0.
This class is also being used by Spring's MVC configuration namespace, in case of the javax.validation API being present but no explicit Validator having been configured.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:
ValidatorFactory, Validator, Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory(), ValidatorFactory.getValidator()

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor and Description

LocalValidatorFactoryBean()

Constructors
Constructor and Description
`LocalValidatorFactoryBean()`

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`void`	`afterPropertiesSet()` Invoked by a BeanFactory after it has set all bean properties supplied (and satisfied BeanFactoryAware and ApplicationContextAware).
`ConstraintValidatorFactory`	`getConstraintValidatorFactory()`
`MessageInterpolator`	`getMessageInterpolator()`
`TraversableResolver`	`getTraversableResolver()`
`Map<String,String>`	`getValidationPropertyMap()` Allow Map access to the bean validation properties to be passed to the validation provider, with the option to add or override specific entries.
`Validator`	`getValidator()`
`protected void`	`postProcessConfiguration(Configuration configuration)` Post-process the given Bean Validation configuration, adding to or overriding any of its settings.
`void`	`setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext)` Set the ApplicationContext that this object runs in.
`void`	`setConstraintValidatorFactory(ConstraintValidatorFactory constraintValidatorFactory)` Specify a custom ConstraintValidatorFactory to use for this ValidatorFactory.
`void`	`setMappingLocations(Resource... mappingLocations)` Specify resource locations to load XML constraint mapping files from, if any.
`void`	`setMessageInterpolator(MessageInterpolator messageInterpolator)` Specify a custom MessageInterpolator to use for this ValidatorFactory and its exposed default Validator.
`void`	`setProviderClass(Class providerClass)` Specify the desired provider class, if any.
`void`	`setTraversableResolver(TraversableResolver traversableResolver)` Specify a custom TraversableResolver to use for this ValidatorFactory and its exposed default Validator.
`void`	`setValidationMessageSource(MessageSource messageSource)` Specify a custom Spring MessageSource for resolving validation messages, instead of relying on JSR-303's default "ValidationMessages.properties" bundle in the classpath.
`void`	`setValidationProperties(Properties jpaProperties)` Specify bean validation properties to be passed to the validation provider.
`void`	`setValidationPropertyMap(Map<String,String> validationProperties)` Specify bean validation properties to be passed to the validation provider as a Map.
`ValidatorContext`	`usingContext()`

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.SpringValidatorAdapter
getArgumentsForConstraint, getConstraintsForClass, processConstraintViolations, supports, unwrap, validate, validate, validate, validateProperty, validateValue

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface javax.validation.ValidatorFactory
unwrap

- Constructor Detail
  - LocalValidatorFactoryBean
```
public LocalValidatorFactoryBean()
```
- Method Detail
  - setProviderClass
```
public void setProviderClass(Class providerClass)
```
    Specify the desired provider class, if any.
    If not specified, JSR-303's default search mechanism will be used.
    
    See Also:
    Validation.byProvider(Class), Validation.byDefaultProvider()
  - setMessageInterpolator
```
public void setMessageInterpolator(MessageInterpolator messageInterpolator)
```
    Specify a custom MessageInterpolator to use for this ValidatorFactory and its exposed default Validator.
  - setValidationMessageSource
```
public void setValidationMessageSource(MessageSource messageSource)
```
    Specify a custom Spring MessageSource for resolving validation messages, instead of relying on JSR-303's default "ValidationMessages.properties" bundle in the classpath. This may refer to a Spring context's shared "messageSource" bean, or to some special MessageSource setup for validation purposes only.
    NOTE: This feature requires Hibernate Validator 4.1 or higher on the classpath. You may nevertheless use a different validation provider but Hibernate Validator's ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator class must be accessible during configuration.
    Specify either this property or "messageInterpolator", not both. If you would like to build a custom MessageInterpolator, consider deriving from Hibernate Validator's ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator and passing in a Spring MessageSourceResourceBundleLocator when constructing your interpolator.
    
    See Also:
    ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator, MessageSourceResourceBundleLocator
  - setTraversableResolver
```
public void setTraversableResolver(TraversableResolver traversableResolver)
```
    Specify a custom TraversableResolver to use for this ValidatorFactory and its exposed default Validator.
  - setConstraintValidatorFactory
```
public void setConstraintValidatorFactory(ConstraintValidatorFactory constraintValidatorFactory)
```
    Specify a custom ConstraintValidatorFactory to use for this ValidatorFactory.
    Default is a SpringConstraintValidatorFactory, delegating to the containing ApplicationContext for creating autowired ConstraintValidator instances.
  - setMappingLocations
```
public void setMappingLocations(Resource... mappingLocations)
```
    Specify resource locations to load XML constraint mapping files from, if any.
  - setValidationProperties
```
public void setValidationProperties(Properties jpaProperties)
```
    Specify bean validation properties to be passed to the validation provider.
    Can be populated with a String "value" (parsed via PropertiesEditor) or a "props" element in XML bean definitions.
    
    See Also:
    Configuration.addProperty(String, String)
  - setValidationPropertyMap
```
public void setValidationPropertyMap(Map<String,String> validationProperties)
```
    Specify bean validation properties to be passed to the validation provider as a Map.
    Can be populated with a "map" or "props" element in XML bean definitions.
    
    See Also:
    Configuration.addProperty(String, String)
  - getValidationPropertyMap
```
public Map<String,String> getValidationPropertyMap()
```
    Allow Map access to the bean validation properties to be passed to the validation provider, with the option to add or override specific entries.
    Useful for specifying entries directly, for example via "validationPropertyMap[myKey]".
  - setApplicationContext
```
public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext)
```
    Description copied from interface: ApplicationContextAware
    
    Set the ApplicationContext that this object runs in. Normally this call will be used to initialize the object.
    Invoked after population of normal bean properties but before an init callback such as InitializingBean.afterPropertiesSet() or a custom init-method. Invoked after ResourceLoaderAware.setResourceLoader(org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader), ApplicationEventPublisherAware.setApplicationEventPublisher(org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher) and MessageSourceAware, if applicable.
    
    Specified by:
    
    setApplicationContext in interface ApplicationContextAware
    
    Parameters:
    applicationContext - the ApplicationContext object to be used by this object
    See Also:
    BeanInitializationException
  - afterPropertiesSet
```
public void afterPropertiesSet()
```
    Description copied from interface: InitializingBean
    
    Invoked by a BeanFactory after it has set all bean properties supplied (and satisfied BeanFactoryAware and ApplicationContextAware).
    This method allows the bean instance to perform initialization only possible when all bean properties have been set and to throw an exception in the event of misconfiguration.
    
    Specified by:
    
    afterPropertiesSet in interface InitializingBean
  - postProcessConfiguration
```
protected void postProcessConfiguration(Configuration configuration)
```
    Post-process the given Bean Validation configuration, adding to or overriding any of its settings.
    Invoked right before building the ValidatorFactory.
    
    Parameters:
    configuration - the Configuration object, pre-populated with settings driven by LocalValidatorFactoryBean's properties
  - getValidator
```
public Validator getValidator()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getValidator in interface ValidatorFactory
  - usingContext
```
public ValidatorContext usingContext()
```
    Specified by:
    
    usingContext in interface ValidatorFactory
  - getMessageInterpolator
```
public MessageInterpolator getMessageInterpolator()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getMessageInterpolator in interface ValidatorFactory
  - getTraversableResolver
```
public TraversableResolver getTraversableResolver()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getTraversableResolver in interface ValidatorFactory
  - getConstraintValidatorFactory
```
public ConstraintValidatorFactory getConstraintValidatorFactory()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getConstraintValidatorFactory in interface ValidatorFactory

Class LocalValidatorFactoryBean

Constructor Summary

Method Summary

Methods inherited from class org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.SpringValidatorAdapter

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

Methods inherited from interface javax.validation.ValidatorFactory

Constructor Detail

LocalValidatorFactoryBean

Method Detail

setProviderClass

setMessageInterpolator

setValidationMessageSource

setTraversableResolver

setConstraintValidatorFactory

setMappingLocations

setValidationProperties

setValidationPropertyMap

getValidationPropertyMap

setApplicationContext

afterPropertiesSet

postProcessConfiguration

getValidator

usingContext

getMessageInterpolator

getTraversableResolver

getConstraintValidatorFactory