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  • Juergen Hoeller 
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package org.springframework.validation;

import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;


Extended variant of the Validator interface, adding support for validation 'hints'. 
Author:Juergen Hoeller, Sam Brannen
Since:3.1
/**
 * Extended variant of the {@link Validator} interface, adding support for
 * validation 'hints'.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @author Sam Brannen
 * @since 3.1
 */
public interface SmartValidator extends Validator {

	
Validate the supplied target object, which must be of a type of Class for which the Validator.supports(Class<?>) method typically returns true. 
The supplied errors instance can be used to report any resulting validation errors. 
This variant of validate() supports validation hints, such as validation groups against a JSR-303 provider (in which case, the provided hint objects need to be annotation arguments of type Class). 
Note: Validation hints may get ignored by the actual target Validator, in which case this method should behave just like its regular Validator.validate(Object, Errors) sibling. 
Params:
  • target – the object that is to be validated
  • errors – contextual state about the validation process
  • validationHints – one or more hint objects to be passed to the validation engine
See Also:
  • validate.validate(Object, Class[])
/**
	 * Validate the supplied {@code target} object, which must be of a type of {@link Class}
	 * for which the {@link #supports(Class)} method typically returns {@code true}.
	 * <p>The supplied {@link Errors errors} instance can be used to report any
	 * resulting validation errors.
	 * <p><b>This variant of {@code validate()} supports validation hints, such as
	 * validation groups against a JSR-303 provider</b> (in which case, the provided hint
	 * objects need to be annotation arguments of type {@code Class}).
	 * <p>Note: Validation hints may get ignored by the actual target {@code Validator},
	 * in which case this method should behave just like its regular
	 * {@link #validate(Object, Errors)} sibling.
	 * @param target the object that is to be validated
	 * @param errors contextual state about the validation process
	 * @param validationHints one or more hint objects to be passed to the validation engine
	 * @see javax.validation.Validator#validate(Object, Class[])
	 */
	void validate(Object target, Errors errors, Object... validationHints);

	
Validate the supplied value for the specified field on the target type,
reporting the same validation errors as if the value would be bound to
the field on an instance of the target class.

Params:
  • targetType – the target type
  • fieldName – the name of the field
  • value – the candidate value
  • errors – contextual state about the validation process
  • validationHints – one or more hint objects to be passed to the validation engine
See Also:
  • validateValue.validateValue(Class, String, Object, Class[])
Since:5.1
/**
	 * Validate the supplied value for the specified field on the target type,
	 * reporting the same validation errors as if the value would be bound to
	 * the field on an instance of the target class.
	 * @param targetType the target type
	 * @param fieldName the name of the field
	 * @param value the candidate value
	 * @param errors contextual state about the validation process
	 * @param validationHints one or more hint objects to be passed to the validation engine
	 * @since 5.1
	 * @see javax.validation.Validator#validateValue(Class, String, Object, Class[])
	 */
	default void validateValue(
			Class<?> targetType, String fieldName, @Nullable Object value, Errors errors, Object... validationHints) {

		throw new IllegalArgumentException("Cannot validate individual value for " + targetType);
	}

}