co.ecg.alpaca.toolkit.validation

Annotation Type Pattern

@Target(value={METHOD,FIELD,ANNOTATION_TYPE,CONSTRUCTOR,PARAMETER})
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Documented
 @Constraint(validatedBy=PatternValidator.class)
public @interface Pattern

Custom implementation of Pattern that allows the annotated object to be any type. The validation occurs against the objects toString value. The regular expression follows the Java regular expression conventions see Pattern.

Accepts Any. null elements are considered valid.

Author:

Emmanuel Bernard, Matthew Keathley

Required Element Summary

Required Elements

Modifier and Type	Required Element and Description
String	regexp

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
Pattern.Flag[]	flags
Class<?>[]	groups
String	message
Class<? extends javax.validation.Payload>[]	payload

Element Detail

regexp

public abstract String regexp

Returns:

The regular expression to match.

flags

public abstract Pattern.Flag[] flags

Returns:

Array of Flags considered when resolving the regular expression.

Default:

{}

message

public abstract String message

Returns:

The error message template.

Default:

"{co.ecg.alpaca.toolkit.validation.Pattern.message}"

groups

public abstract Class<?>[] groups

Returns:

The groups the constraint belongs to.

Default:

{}

payload

public abstract Class<? extends javax.validation.Payload>[] payload

Returns:

The payload associated to the constraint

Default:

{}