Interface PropertyTarget
- All Known Subinterfaces:
ContainerElementConstraintMappingContext
,PropertyConstraintMappingContext
,TypeConstraintMappingContext<C>
- All Known Implementing Classes:
ContainerElementConstraintMappingContextImpl
,TypeConstraintMappingContextImpl
public interface PropertyTarget
Facet of a constraint mapping creational context which allows to select the bean
property to which the next operations shall apply.
- Author:
- Kevin Pollet <kevin.pollet@serli.com> (C) 2011 SERLI, Gunnar Morling
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Method Summary
Modifier and TypeMethodDescriptionSelects a field to which the next operations shall apply.Selects a getter to which the next operations shall apply.property
(String property, ElementType type) Deprecated.Since 6.1.
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Method Details
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property
Deprecated.Since 6.1. Planned for removal. Use eitherfield(String)
orgetter(String)
instead.Selects a property to which the next operations shall apply.Until this method is called constraints apply on class level. After calling this method constraints apply on the specified property with the given access type.
A given property may only be configured once.
- Parameters:
property
- The property on which to apply the following constraints (Java Bean notation).type
- The access type (field/property).- Returns:
- A creational context representing the selected property.
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field
Selects a field to which the next operations shall apply.Until this method is called constraints apply on class level. After calling this method constraints apply on the specified field property.
A given field may only be configured once.
- Parameters:
property
- The field name that represents a property on which to apply the following constraints.- Returns:
- A creational context representing the selected field property.
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getter
Selects a getter to which the next operations shall apply.Until this method is called constraints apply on class level. After calling this method constraints apply on the specified getter property.
A given getter may only be configured once.
- Parameters:
property
- The getter property name (using the Java Bean notation, e.g.name
to addressgetName()
) that represents a property on which to apply the following constraints.- Returns:
- A creational context representing the selected getter property.
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