javax.validation.metadata
Interface PropertyDescriptor

All Superinterfaces:

ElementDescriptor

public interface PropertyDescriptor
extends ElementDescriptor

Describes a Java Bean property hosting validation constraints. Constraints placed on the attribute and the getter of a given property are all referenced.

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface javax.validation.metadata.ElementDescriptor

ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder, ElementDescriptor.Kind

Method Summary

String	getPropertyName() Name of the property according to the Java Bean specification.
boolean	isCascaded() Is the property marked by the @Valid annotation.

Methods inherited from interface javax.validation.metadata.ElementDescriptor

as, findConstraints, getConstraintDescriptors, getElementClass, getKind, hasConstraints

Method Detail

isCascaded

boolean isCascaded()

Is the property marked by the @Valid annotation.

Returns:

true if the annotation is present, false otherwise.

getPropertyName

String getPropertyName()

Name of the property according to the Java Bean specification.

Returns:

property name.