PostalCodeSensitiveChecker.java

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package je7hb.beanvalidation.cargroups;

import je7hb.beanvalidation.essentials.PostalCode;

import javax.validation.Constraint;
import javax.validation.Payload;
import java.lang.annotation.*;

import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.*;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.*;

/**
 * The type PostalCodeSensitiveChecker
 *
 * @author Peter Pilgrim (peter)
 */
@Documented
@Constraint(validatedBy = PostalCodeSensitiveValidator.class)
@Target({ TYPE })
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface PostalCodeSensitiveChecker {

    String countryCode() default "gb";

    String message() default "{je7hb.beanvalidation.cargroups.PostCodeCoherenceChecker.message}";

    Class<?>[] groups() default {};

    Class<? extends Payload>[] payload() default {};

    /**
     * Defines several @PostCode annotations on the same element
     * @see {@link PostalCode}
     */
    @Target({ METHOD, FIELD, ANNOTATION_TYPE, CONSTRUCTOR, PARAMETER })
    @Retention(RUNTIME)
    @Documented
    @interface List {
        PostalCode[] value();
    }
}