Package org.springframework.validation.method

@NullMarked package org.springframework.validation.method

Abstractions and support classes for method validation, independent of the underlying validation library.

The main abstractions:

• MethodValidator to apply method validation, and return or handle the results.
• MethodValidationResult and related types to represent the results.
• MethodValidationException to expose method validation results.

Related Packages

Package	Description
org.springframework.validation	Provides data binding and validation functionality, for usage in business and/or UI layers.
org.springframework.validation.annotation	Support classes for annotation-based constraint evaluation, for example, using a JSR-303 Bean Validation provider.
org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation	Support classes for integrating a JSR-303 Bean Validation provider (such as Hibernate Validator) into a Spring ApplicationContext and in particular with Spring's data binding and validation APIs.
org.springframework.validation.support	Support classes for handling validation results.

Class	Description
MethodValidationException	Exception that is a MethodValidationResult.
MethodValidationResult	Container for method validation results with validation errors from the underlying library adapted to MessageSourceResolvables and grouped by method parameter as ParameterValidationResult.
MethodValidator	Contract to apply method validation and handle the results.
ParameterErrors	Extension of ParameterValidationResult created for Object method parameters or return values with nested errors on their properties.
ParameterValidationResult	Store and expose the results of method validation for a method parameter.