Module jakarta.validation

Package jakarta.validation.metadata

Interface ContainerElementTypeDescriptor

All Superinterfaces:

CascadableDescriptor, ContainerDescriptor, ElementDescriptor

public interface ContainerElementTypeDescriptor
extends ElementDescriptor, CascadableDescriptor, ContainerDescriptor

Describes a validated container element type, e.g. the element type of List if it hosts at least one constraint or is marked with Valid.

Since:

2.0

Nested Class Summary

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

ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Class<?>	getContainerClass()	Returns the container class hosting this container element type.
Integer	getTypeArgumentIndex()	Returns the index of the type argument corresponding to this container element type.

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.validation.metadata.CascadableDescriptor

getGroupConversions, isCascaded

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.validation.metadata.ContainerDescriptor

getConstrainedContainerElementTypes

Methods inherited from interface jakarta.validation.metadata.ElementDescriptor

findConstraints, getConstraintDescriptors, getElementClass, hasConstraints

Method Details

getTypeArgumentIndex

Integer getTypeArgumentIndex()

Returns the index of the type argument corresponding to this container element type.

Returns:

the index of the type argument corresponding to this container element type

getContainerClass

Class<?> getContainerClass()

Returns the container class hosting this container element type.

Returns:

the container class hosting this container element type