/*
 * Hibernate Validator, declare and validate application constraints
 *
 * License: Apache License, Version 2.0
 * See the license.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>.
 */
package org.hibernate.validator.constraints;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.PARAMETER;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE_USE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Repeatable;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import javax.validation.Constraint;
import javax.validation.OverridesAttribute;
import javax.validation.Payload;
import javax.validation.ReportAsSingleViolation;
import javax.validation.constraints.Pattern;

import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Email.List;

The string has to be a well-formed email address.
Author:Emmanuel Bernard, Hardy Ferentschik
Deprecated:use the standard Email constraint instead
/** * The string has to be a well-formed email address. * * @author Emmanuel Bernard * @author Hardy Ferentschik * * @deprecated use the standard {@link javax.validation.constraints.Email} constraint instead */
@Documented @Constraint(validatedBy = { }) @Target({ METHOD, FIELD, ANNOTATION_TYPE, CONSTRUCTOR, PARAMETER, TYPE_USE }) @Retention(RUNTIME) @Repeatable(List.class) @ReportAsSingleViolation @Pattern(regexp = "") @Deprecated public @interface Email { String message() default "{org.hibernate.validator.constraints.Email.message}"; Class<?>[] groups() default { }; Class<? extends Payload>[] payload() default { };
Returns:an additional regular expression the annotated string must match. The default is any string ('.*')
/** * @return an additional regular expression the annotated string must match. The default is any string ('.*') */
@OverridesAttribute(constraint = Pattern.class, name = "regexp") String regexp() default ".*";
Returns:used in combination with regexp() in order to specify a regular expression option
/** * @return used in combination with {@link #regexp()} in order to specify a regular expression option */
@OverridesAttribute(constraint = Pattern.class, name = "flags") Pattern.Flag[] flags() default { };
Defines several @Email annotations on the same element.
/** * Defines several {@code @Email} annotations on the same element. */
@Target({ METHOD, FIELD, ANNOTATION_TYPE, CONSTRUCTOR, PARAMETER, TYPE_USE }) @Retention(RUNTIME) @Documented public @interface List { Email[] value(); } }