Package org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation

Class BeanValidationPostProcessor

java.lang.Object

org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.BeanValidationPostProcessor

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor, org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean

public class BeanValidationPostProcessor
extends Object
implements org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor, org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean

Simple BeanPostProcessor that checks JSR-303 constraint annotations in Spring-managed beans, throwing an initialization exception in case of constraint violations right before calling the bean's init method (if any).

Since:

3.0

Author:

Juergen Hoeller

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
BeanValidationPostProcessor()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	afterPropertiesSet()
protected void	doValidate(Object bean)	Perform validation of the given bean.
Object	postProcessAfterInitialization(Object bean, String beanName)
Object	postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean, String beanName)
void	setAfterInitialization(boolean afterInitialization)	Choose whether to perform validation after bean initialization (i.e.
void	setValidator(Validator validator)	Set the JSR-303 Validator to delegate to for validating beans.
void	setValidatorFactory(ValidatorFactory validatorFactory)	Set the JSR-303 ValidatorFactory to delegate to for validating beans, using its default Validator.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

BeanValidationPostProcessor

public BeanValidationPostProcessor()

Method Details

setValidator

public void setValidator(Validator validator)

Set the JSR-303 Validator to delegate to for validating beans.

Default is the default ValidatorFactory's default Validator.

setValidatorFactory

public void setValidatorFactory(ValidatorFactory validatorFactory)

Set the JSR-303 ValidatorFactory to delegate to for validating beans, using its default Validator.

Default is the default ValidatorFactory's default Validator.

See Also:

• ValidatorFactory.getValidator()

setAfterInitialization

public void setAfterInitialization(boolean afterInitialization)

Choose whether to perform validation after bean initialization (i.e. after init methods) instead of before (which is the default).

Default is "false" (before initialization). Switch this to "true" (after initialization) if you would like to give init methods a chance to populate constrained fields before they get validated.

afterPropertiesSet

public void afterPropertiesSet()

Specified by:

afterPropertiesSet in interface org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean

postProcessBeforeInitialization

public Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean,
 String beanName)
                                       throws org.springframework.beans.BeansException

Specified by:

postProcessBeforeInitialization in interface org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor

Throws:

org.springframework.beans.BeansException

postProcessAfterInitialization

public Object postProcessAfterInitialization(Object bean,
 String beanName)
                                      throws org.springframework.beans.BeansException

Specified by:

postProcessAfterInitialization in interface org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor

Throws:

org.springframework.beans.BeansException

doValidate

protected void doValidate(Object bean)

Perform validation of the given bean.

Parameters:

bean - the bean instance to validate

See Also:

• Validator.validate(T, java.lang.Class<?>...)