ConstraintDefinitionContribution (Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 8.0.0.GA public API)

java.lang.Object
- org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.constraintdefinition.ConstraintDefinitionContribution<A>

```
public class ConstraintDefinitionContribution<A extends Annotation>
extends Object
```
Type-safe wrapper class for a constraint annotation and its potential list of constraint validators.

Author:

Hardy Ferentschik

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description
`ConstraintDefinitionContribution(Class<A> constraintType, List<ConstraintValidatorDescriptor<A>> validatorDescriptors, boolean includeExisting)`

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`equals(Object o)`
`Class<A>`	`getConstraintType()`	Returns the constraint annotation type for which this instance provides constraint validator instances.
`List<ConstraintValidatorDescriptor<A>>`	`getValidatorDescriptors()`	Returns a list of constraint validator descriptors for the constraint type of this instance.
`int`	`hashCode()`
`boolean`	`includeExisting()`	Whether or not the existing constraint validators should be kept or not.
`String`	`toString()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ConstraintDefinitionContribution
```
public ConstraintDefinitionContribution(Class<A> constraintType,
                                        List<ConstraintValidatorDescriptor<A>> validatorDescriptors,
                                        boolean includeExisting)
```
- Method Detail
  - getConstraintType
```
public Class<A> getConstraintType()
```
    Returns the constraint annotation type for which this instance provides constraint validator instances.
  - getValidatorDescriptors
```
public List<ConstraintValidatorDescriptor<A>> getValidatorDescriptors()
```
    Returns a list of constraint validator descriptors for the constraint type of this instance.
  - includeExisting
```
public boolean includeExisting()
```
    Whether or not the existing constraint validators should be kept or not.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the existing constraint validators for the constraint type wrapped by this instance should be kept, false otherwise.
  - equals
```
public boolean equals(Object o)
```
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class Object
  - hashCode
```
public int hashCode()
```
    Overrides:
    
    hashCode in class Object
  - toString
```
public String toString()
```
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class Object