ValidationInterceptor.java

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package org.glassfish.jersey.server.spi;

import javax.validation.ConstraintViolationException;
import javax.validation.ValidationException;

import org.glassfish.jersey.spi.Contract;

/**
 * Interceptor for method validation processing.
 *
 * Allows to override the default Jersey behaviour. By default, the Jersey runtime throws a
 * {@link javax.validation.ValidationException} or one of its subclasses,
 * that gets mapped to a HTTP 400 response, if any validation issues occur. In such case
 * the actual resource method does not get invoked at all.
 * <p>
 * Validation interceptor implementation allows to e.g. swallow the {@link ConstraintViolationException}
 * and handle the validation issues in the resource method. It is also possible to tweak
 * validated components. This could be utilized in case of proxied resources,
 * when field validation is not possible on a dynamic proxy, and the validator requires
 * the original delegated instance.
 * </p>
 * <p>
 * Each validation interceptor implementation must invoke proceed
 * method on provided interceptor context as part of interception processing.
 * </p>
 *
 * @author Jakub Podlesak (jakub.podleak at oracle.com)
 * @since 2.18
 */
@Contract
public interface ValidationInterceptor {

    /**
     * Used to intercept resource method validation processing.
     * <p/>
     * To allow further validation processing, every and each implementation
     * must invoke {@link ValidationInterceptorContext#proceed()} method.
     *
     * @param context method validation context.
     * @throws ValidationException in case the validation exception should be thrown as a result of the validation processing.
     */
    public void onValidate(ValidationInterceptorContext context) throws ValidationException;
}