Package org.dellroad.stuff.validation

Class ValidationUtil

java.lang.Object

org.dellroad.stuff.validation.ValidationUtil

public final class ValidationUtil
extends Object

Validation utility methods.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static String	describe(Set<? extends jakarta.validation.ConstraintViolation<?>> violations)	Describe the validation errors in a friendly format.
static <T> Set<jakarta.validation.ConstraintViolation<T>>	validate(T obj, Class<?>... groups)	Validate the given object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

validate

public static <T>
Set<jakarta.validation.ConstraintViolation<T>> validate(T obj,
 Class<?>... groups)

Validate the given object.

This method simply creates a ValidationContext with the given root and invokes ValidationContext.validate().

Type Parameters:

T - root validation object type

Parameters:

obj - object to validate

groups - group(s) targeted for validation (if empty, defaults to Default)

Returns:

zero or more violations

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if either paramter is null

describe

public static String describe(Set<? extends jakarta.validation.ConstraintViolation<?>> violations)

Describe the validation errors in a friendly format.

Parameters:

violations - validation violations

Returns:

description of the validation errors

Throws:

NullPointerException - if violations is null