org.jvnet.hk2.config

Interface DataType

All Known Implementing Classes:

PrimitiveDataType

@Contract
public interface DataType

Denotes the type of the data a particular config element (attribute, element) should have. This interface should be implemented whenever a need arises to check if an abstract data type can be represented as a given String . The implementations of a DataType are mapped by their names elsewhere. Implementations should provide functional implementation of the #validate method and must have a public parameterless constructor (except possibly for primitives).

Since:

hk2 0.3.10

Author:

केदार (km@dev.java.net)

See Also:

PrimitiveDataType, WriteableView

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	validate(String value) Checks if given value can be had by the abstract data type represented by this implementation.

Method Detail

validate

void validate(String value)
              throws ValidationException

Checks if given value can be had by the abstract data type represented by this implementation.

Parameters:

value - String representing the value for this DataType

Throws:

ValidationException - if given String does not represent this data type.