Package jakarta.validation

Enum Class ElementKind

java.lang.Object

java.lang.Enum<ElementKind>

jakarta.validation.ElementKind

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Comparable<ElementKind>, Constable

public enum ElementKind
extends Enum<ElementKind>

Enum of possible kinds of elements encountered in Jakarta Validation.

Mostly elements that can be constrained and described in the metadata but also elements that can be part of a Path and represented by a Path.Node

Since:

1.1

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard, Gunnar Morling, Guillaume Smet

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Enum

Enum.EnumDesc<E extends Enum<E>>

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants

Enum Constant	Description
BEAN	A Java Bean or object.
CONSTRUCTOR	A constructor.
CONTAINER_ELEMENT	An element stored in a container, e.g.
CROSS_PARAMETER	Element holding cross-parameter constraints of a method or constructor.
METHOD	A method.
PARAMETER	A parameter of a method or constructor.
PROPERTY	A property of a Java Bean.
RETURN_VALUE	The return value of a method or constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static ElementKind	valueOf(String name)	Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name.
static ElementKind[]	values()	Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Enum

clone, compareTo, describeConstable, equals, finalize, getDeclaringClass, hashCode, name, ordinal, toString, valueOf

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Enum Constant Details

BEAN

public static final ElementKind BEAN

A Java Bean or object.

PROPERTY

public static final ElementKind PROPERTY

A property of a Java Bean.

METHOD

public static final ElementKind METHOD

A method.

CONSTRUCTOR

public static final ElementKind CONSTRUCTOR

A constructor.

PARAMETER

public static final ElementKind PARAMETER

A parameter of a method or constructor.

CROSS_PARAMETER

public static final ElementKind CROSS_PARAMETER

Element holding cross-parameter constraints of a method or constructor.

RETURN_VALUE

public static final ElementKind RETURN_VALUE

The return value of a method or constructor.

CONTAINER_ELEMENT

public static final ElementKind CONTAINER_ELEMENT

An element stored in a container, e.g. a key or value of a Map or an element of a List.

Since:

2.0

Method Details

values

public static ElementKind[] values()

Returns an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared.

Returns:

an array containing the constants of this enum class, in the order they are declared

valueOf

public static ElementKind valueOf(String name)

Returns the enum constant of this class with the specified name. The string must match exactly an identifier used to declare an enum constant in this class. (Extraneous whitespace characters are not permitted.)

Parameters:

name - the name of the enum constant to be returned.

Returns:

the enum constant with the specified name

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if this enum class has no constant with the specified name

NullPointerException - if the argument is null