Method Detail

• isValid

  boolean isValid(ANNOTATION annotation,
                TYPE value)

  For each value or parameter which should be checked this method will be invoked. If the method returns true the value is valid. If it returns false the value is considered invalid. When all constraints have been checked a ConstraintViolationException will be thrown with all the constraint violations that were found.

  Parameters:

  annotation - the annotation to match

  value - the value to be checked

  Returns:

  true if valid, false if invalid