ValidationMethod.java

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package org.primeframework.mvc.validation;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import org.primeframework.mvc.servlet.HTTPMethod;

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

/**
 * Marks a method on an action as providing additional validation logic. This is called after everything else is tried.
 *
 * @author Brian Pontarelli
 */
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target(METHOD)
public @interface ValidationMethod {
  /**
   * @return The HTTP methods to execute the validation method for. Defaults to POST.
   */
  HTTPMethod[] httpMethods() default {HTTPMethod.POST};
}