org.springframework.restdocs.constraints

Class ValidatorConstraintResolver

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.restdocs.constraints.ValidatorConstraintResolver

All Implemented Interfaces:

ConstraintResolver

public class ValidatorConstraintResolver
extends Object
implements ConstraintResolver

A ConstraintResolver that uses a Bean Validation Validator to resolve constraints. The name of the constraint is the fully-qualified class name of the constraint annotation. For example, a NotNull constraint will be named javax.validation.constraints.NotNull.

Author:

Andy Wilkinson

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ValidatorConstraintResolver() Creates a new ValidatorConstraintResolver that will use a Validator in its default configuration to resolve constraints.
ValidatorConstraintResolver(Validator validator) Creates a new ValidatorConstraintResolver that will use the given Validator to resolve constraints.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
List<Constraint>	resolveForProperty(String property, Class<?> clazz) Resolves and returns the constraints for the given property on the given clazz.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ValidatorConstraintResolver

public ValidatorConstraintResolver()

Creates a new ValidatorConstraintResolver that will use a Validator in its default configuration to resolve constraints.

See Also:

Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory(), ValidatorFactory.getValidator()

ValidatorConstraintResolver

public ValidatorConstraintResolver(Validator validator)

Creates a new ValidatorConstraintResolver that will use the given Validator to resolve constraints.

Parameters:

validator - the validator

Method Detail

resolveForProperty

public List<Constraint> resolveForProperty(String property,
                                           Class<?> clazz)

Description copied from interface: ConstraintResolver

Resolves and returns the constraints for the given property on the given clazz. If there are no constraints, an empty list is returned.

Specified by:

resolveForProperty in interface ConstraintResolver

Parameters:

property - the property

clazz - the class

Returns:

the list of constraints, never null