trunk/bval-jsr303/src/main/java/org/apache/bval/jsr303/extensions/MethodBeanDescriptor.java

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package org.apache.bval.jsr303.extensions;

import javax.validation.metadata.BeanDescriptor;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Description: Provides method/constructor-related constraint information
 * for a type.  This class will disappear when such
 * functionality is part of the JSR303 specification.<br/>
 */
public interface MethodBeanDescriptor extends BeanDescriptor {
    /**
     * Get the constraints that apply to a particular method.
     * @param method
     * @return {@link MethodDescriptor}
     */
    MethodDescriptor getConstraintsForMethod(Method method);

    /**
     * Get the constraints that apply to a particular constructor.
     * @param constructor
     * @return {@link ConstructorDescriptor}
     */
    ConstructorDescriptor getConstraintsForConstructor(Constructor<?> constructor);

    /**
     * Get the set of constrained methods.
     * @return {@link Set} of {@link MethodDescriptor}
     */
    Set<MethodDescriptor> getConstrainedMethods();

    /**
     * Get the set of constrained constructors.
     * @return {@link Set} of {@link ConstructorDescriptor}
     */
    Set<ConstructorDescriptor> getConstrainedConstructors();
}