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package javax.validation;
import java.util.
List;
/**
* Represents the navigation path from an object to another
* in an object graph.
* Each path element is represented by a {@code Node}.
* <p/>
* The path corresponds to the succession of nodes
* in the order they are returned by the {@code Iterator}.
*
* @author Emmanuel Bernard
* @author Gunnar Morling
*/
public interface
Path extends
Iterable<
Path.
Node> {
/**
* Represents an element of a navigation path.
*/
interface
Node {
/**
* Returns the name of the element which the node represents:
* <ul>
* <li>{@code null} if it is a leaf node which represents an entity / bean.
* In particular, the node representing the root object.</li>
* <li>The property name for a property.</li>
* <li>The method name for a method.</li>
* <li>The unqualified name of the type declaring the constructor
* for a constructor.</li>
* <li>The parameter named as defined by the {@link ParameterNameProvider}
* for a method or constructor parameter.</li>
* <li>The literal {@code <cross-parameter>} for a method or constructor
* cross-parameter.</li>
* <li>The literal {@code <return value>} for a method or constructor return
* value.</li>
* </ul>
*
* @return name of the element which the node represents
*/
String getName();
/**
* @return {@code true} if the node represents an object contained in an
* {@code Iterable} or in a {@code Map}, {@code false} otherwise
*/
boolean
isInIterable();
/**
* @return the index the node is placed in if contained in an array or
* {@code List}; {@code null} otherwise
*/
Integer getIndex();
/**
* @return the key the node is placed in if contained in a {@code Map},
* {@code null} otherwise
*/
Object getKey();
/**
* The kind of element represented by the node. The following relationship
* between an {@link ElementKind} and its {@code Node} subtype exists:
* <ul>
* <li>{@link ElementKind#BEAN}: {@link BeanNode}</li>
* <li>{@link ElementKind#PROPERTY}: {@link PropertyNode}</li>
* <li>{@link ElementKind#METHOD}: {@link MethodNode}</li>
* <li>{@link ElementKind#CONSTRUCTOR}: {@link ConstructorNode}</li>
* <li>{@link ElementKind#PARAMETER}: {@link ParameterNode}</li>
* <li>{@link ElementKind#CROSS_PARAMETER}: {@link CrossParameterNode}</li>
* <li>{@link ElementKind#RETURN_VALUE}: {@link ReturnValueNode}</li>
* </ul>
* <p/>
* This is useful to narrow down the {@code Node} type and access node specific
* information:
* <pre>
* switch(node.getKind() {
* case METHOD:
* name = node.getName();
* params = node.as(MethodNode.class).getParameterTypes();
* case PARAMETER:
* index = node.as(ParameterNode.class).getParameterIndex();
* [...]
* }
* </pre>
* @return the {@code ElementKind}
*
* @since 1.1
*/
ElementKind getKind();
/**
* Narrows the type of this node down to the given type. The appropriate
* type should be checked before by calling {@link #getKind()}.
*
* @param <T> the type to narrow down to
* @param nodeType class object representing the descriptor type to narrow down to
* to
*
* @return this node narrowed down to the given type.
*
* @throws ClassCastException If this node is not assignable to the type {@code T}
* @since 1.1
*/
<T extends
Node> T
as(
Class<T>
nodeType);
}
/**
* Node representing a method.
*
* @since 1.1
*/
interface
MethodNode extends
Node {
/**
* @return the list of parameter types
*/
List<
Class<?>>
getParameterTypes();
}
/**
* Node representing a constructor.
*
* @since 1.1
*/
interface
ConstructorNode extends
Node {
/**
* @return the list of parameter types
*/
List<
Class<?>>
getParameterTypes();
}
/**
* Node representing the return value of a method or constructor.
*
* @since 1.1
*/
interface
ReturnValueNode extends
Node {
}
/**
* Node representing a parameter of a method or constructor.
*
* @since 1.1
*/
interface
ParameterNode extends
Node {
/**
* @return the parameter index in the method or constructor definition
*/
int
getParameterIndex();
}
/**
* Node representing the element holding cross-parameter constraints
* of a method or constructor.
*
* @since 1.1
*/
interface
CrossParameterNode extends
Node {
}
/**
* Node representing a bean.
*
* @since 1.1
*/
interface
BeanNode extends
Node {
}
/**
* Node representing a property.
*
* @since 1.1
*/
interface
PropertyNode extends
Node {
}
}