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<h2 title="Interface ConstraintValidator" class="title">Interface ConstraintValidator&lt;A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation,T&gt;</h2>
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<dd><code>A</code> - the annotation type handled by an implementation</dd>
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<pre>public interface <span class="typeNameLabel">ConstraintValidator&lt;A extends java.lang.annotation.Annotation,T&gt;</span></pre>
<div class="block">Defines the logic to validate a given constraint <code>A</code>
for a given object type <code>T</code>.
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Implementations must comply to the following restriction:
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<li><code>T</code> must resolve to a non parameterized type</li>
<li>or generic parameters of <code>T</code> must be unbounded
wildcard types</li>
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The annotation <a href="../../javax/validation/constraintvalidation/SupportedValidationTarget.html" title="annotation in javax.validation.constraintvalidation"><code>SupportedValidationTarget</code></a> can be put on a
<code>ConstraintValidator</code> implementation to mark it as supporting
cross-parameter constraints. Check out <a href="../../javax/validation/constraintvalidation/SupportedValidationTarget.html" title="annotation in javax.validation.constraintvalidation"><code>SupportedValidationTarget</code></a>
and <a href="../../javax/validation/Constraint.html" title="annotation in javax.validation"><code>Constraint</code></a> for more information.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>default void</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../javax/validation/ConstraintValidator.html#initialize-A-">initialize</a></span>(<a href="../../javax/validation/ConstraintValidator.html" title="type parameter in ConstraintValidator">A</a>&nbsp;constraintAnnotation)</code>
<div class="block">Initializes the validator in preparation for
<a href="../../javax/validation/ConstraintValidator.html#isValid-T-javax.validation.ConstraintValidatorContext-"><code>isValid(Object, ConstraintValidatorContext)</code></a> calls.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>boolean</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><span class="memberNameLink"><a href="../../javax/validation/ConstraintValidator.html#isValid-T-javax.validation.ConstraintValidatorContext-">isValid</a></span>(<a href="../../javax/validation/ConstraintValidator.html" title="type parameter in ConstraintValidator">T</a>&nbsp;value,
<a href="../../javax/validation/ConstraintValidatorContext.html" title="interface in javax.validation">ConstraintValidatorContext</a>&nbsp;context)</code>
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<h4>initialize</h4>
<pre>default&nbsp;void&nbsp;initialize(<a href="../../javax/validation/ConstraintValidator.html" title="type parameter in ConstraintValidator">A</a>&nbsp;constraintAnnotation)</pre>
<div class="block">Initializes the validator in preparation for
<a href="../../javax/validation/ConstraintValidator.html#isValid-T-javax.validation.ConstraintValidatorContext-"><code>isValid(Object, ConstraintValidatorContext)</code></a> calls.
The constraint annotation for a given constraint declaration
is passed.
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validation.
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<pre>boolean&nbsp;isValid(<a href="../../javax/validation/ConstraintValidator.html" title="type parameter in ConstraintValidator">T</a>&nbsp;value,
<a href="../../javax/validation/ConstraintValidatorContext.html" title="interface in javax.validation">ConstraintValidatorContext</a>&nbsp;context)</pre>
<div class="block">Implements the validation logic.
The state of <code>value</code> must not be altered.
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This method can be accessed concurrently, thread-safety must be ensured
by the implementation.</div>
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