Package org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation

Class SpringConstraintValidatorFactory

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.SpringConstraintValidatorFactory

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConstraintValidatorFactory

public class SpringConstraintValidatorFactory
extends Object
implements ConstraintValidatorFactory

JSR-303 ConstraintValidatorFactory implementation that delegates to a Spring BeanFactory for creating autowired ConstraintValidator instances.

Note that this class is meant for programmatic use, not for declarative use in a standard validation.xml file. Consider SpringWebConstraintValidatorFactory for declarative use in a web application, for example, with JAX-RS or JAX-WS.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

• AutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(Class)
• ApplicationContext.getAutowireCapableBeanFactory()

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
SpringConstraintValidatorFactory(AutowireCapableBeanFactory beanFactory)	Create a new SpringConstraintValidatorFactory for the given BeanFactory.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
<T extends ConstraintValidator<?, ?>> T	getInstance(Class<T> key)
void	releaseInstance(ConstraintValidator<?,?> instance)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Details

SpringConstraintValidatorFactory

public SpringConstraintValidatorFactory(AutowireCapableBeanFactory beanFactory)

Create a new SpringConstraintValidatorFactory for the given BeanFactory.

Parameters:

beanFactory - the target BeanFactory

Method Details

getInstance

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

Specified by:

getInstance in interface ConstraintValidatorFactory

releaseInstance

public void releaseInstance(ConstraintValidator<?,?> instance)

Specified by:

releaseInstance in interface ConstraintValidatorFactory