01: /*******************************************************************************
02: * Portions created by Sebastian Thomschke are copyright (c) 2005-2007 Sebastian
03: * Thomschke.
04: *
05: * All Rights Reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
06: * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
07: * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
08: * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
09: *
10: * Contributors:
11: * Sebastian Thomschke - initial implementation.
12: *******************************************************************************/package net.sf.oval.constraint;
13:
14: import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
15: import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
16: import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
17: import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
18: import java.lang.annotation.Target;
19:
20: import net.sf.oval.ConstraintViolation;
21: import net.sf.oval.configuration.annotation.Constraint;
22:
23: /**
24: * Check that the value is not a reference to the validated object itself.<br>
25: * This is e.g. useful to avoid circular references.<br>
26: *
27: * @author Sebastian Thomschke
28: */
29: @Documented
30: @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
31: @Target({ElementType.FIELD,ElementType.PARAMETER,ElementType.METHOD})
32: @Constraint(checkWith=NoSelfReferenceCheck.class)
33: public @interface NoSelfReference {
34: /**
35: * error code passed to the ConstraintViolation object
36: */
37: String errorCode() default "net.sf.oval.constraints.NoSelfReference";
38:
39: /**
40: * message to be used for the ContraintsViolatedException
41: *
42: * @see ConstraintViolation
43: */
44: String message() default "net.sf.oval.constraints.NotSelfRef.violated";
45:
46: /**
47: * severity passed to the ConstraintViolation object
48: */
49: int severity() default 0;
50:
51: /**
52: * The associated validation profiles.
53: */
54: String[] profiles() default {};
55: }
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