ValidationMessage

All Known Implementing Classes:

ValidationMessageFactory.AbstractValidationMessage, ValidationMessageFactory.ValidationErrorMessage, ValidationMessageFactory.ValidationWarningMessage
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public interface ValidationMessage
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Date: 12.08.2011

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class ValidationMessage.Type
Validation message type enum.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`javax.lang.model.element.AnnotationMirror`	`getAnnotationMirror()`	The annotation the error occurred on.
`javax.lang.model.element.AnnotationValue`	`getAnnotationValue()`	The value of the annotation which caused the error.
`javax.lang.model.element.Element`	`getElement()`	Returns the element that caused the error.
`java.lang.String`	`getMessage()`	Returns the error message.
`default boolean`	`printMessage(javax.annotation.processing.Messager messager)`	Prints the message and returns `true` if the message was an error message.
`ValidationMessage.Type`	`type()`	The type of the message.

- Method Detail
  - type
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ValidationMessage.Type type()
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    The type of the message.
    
    Returns:
    
    the type of the message.
  - getElement
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javax.lang.model.element.Element getElement()
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    Returns the element that caused the error.
    
    Returns:
    
    the element that caused the error.
  - getAnnotationMirror
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javax.lang.model.element.AnnotationMirror getAnnotationMirror()
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    The annotation the error occurred on.
    
    Returns:
    
    the annotation the error occurred on or null if this was not an annotation error
  - getAnnotationValue
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javax.lang.model.element.AnnotationValue getAnnotationValue()
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    The value of the annotation which caused the error.
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the annotation or null
  - getMessage
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java.lang.String getMessage()
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    Returns the error message.
    
    Returns:
    
    the error message.
  - printMessage
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default boolean printMessage(javax.annotation.processing.Messager messager)
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    Prints the message and returns true if the message was an error message.
    
    Parameters:
    
    messager - the messager used to print the message
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this was an error message otherwise false