javax.validation: public interface: ValidatorFactory

javax.validation
public interface: ValidatorFactory [javadoc | source] Factory returning initialized Validator instances. Implementations are thread-safe This object is typically cached and reused.

author: Emmanuel - Bernard

Method from javax.validation.ValidatorFactory Summary:
getMessageResolver, getValidator, getValidator

Method from javax.validation.ValidatorFactory Detail:
public MessageResolver getMessageResolver() Returns the MessageResolver instance configured at initialization time for the ValidatorFactory This is the instance used by #getValidator(Class)
public Validator getValidator(Class clazz) return an initialized Validator instance for the specific class. Validator instances can be pooled and shared by the implementation
public Validator getValidator(Class clazz, MessageResolver messageResolver) return an initialized Validator instance for the specific class. Validator instances can be pooled and shared by the implementation The returned Validator instance must use the MessageResolver instance passed as a parameter to resolve error messages.

Method from javax.validation.ValidatorFactory Detail:

 public MessageResolver getMessageResolver()Returns the MessageResolver instance configured at initialization time
for the ValidatorFactory
This is the instance used by #getValidator(Class)

 public Validator getValidator(Class clazz)return an initialized Validator instance for the specific class.
Validator instances can be pooled and shared by the implementation

 public Validator getValidator(Class clazz,
    MessageResolver messageResolver)return an initialized Validator instance for the specific class.
Validator instances can be pooled and shared by the implementation

The returned Validator instance must use the MessageResolver instance
passed as a parameter to resolve error messages.