## Uses of Interface
javax.validation.metadata.ConstraintDescriptor

- Packages that use ConstraintDescriptor
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  javax.validation | Top level package of the Bean Validation API.
  javax.validation.metadata | Package containing all objects specifically used and returned by the metadata API.

- - ### Uses of ConstraintDescriptor in javax.validation

    Methods in javax.validation that return ConstraintDescriptor
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `ConstraintDescriptor<?>` | MessageInterpolator.Context.`getConstraintDescriptor()`
    `ConstraintDescriptor<?>` | ConstraintViolation.`getConstraintDescriptor()` Returns the constraint metadata reported to fail.

  - ### Uses of ConstraintDescriptor in javax.validation.metadata

    Methods in javax.validation.metadata that return types with arguments of type ConstraintDescriptor
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `Set<ConstraintDescriptor<?>>` | ConstraintDescriptor.`getComposingConstraints()` Return a set of composing `ConstraintDescriptor`s where each descriptor describes a composing constraint.
    `Set<ConstraintDescriptor<?>>` | ExecutableDescriptor.`getConstraintDescriptors()` Returns an empty `Set`.
    `Set<ConstraintDescriptor<?>>` | ElementDescriptor.`getConstraintDescriptors()` Returns all constraint descriptors for this element in the class hierarchy or an empty `Set` if none are present.
    `Set<ConstraintDescriptor<?>>` | ElementDescriptor.ConstraintFinder.`getConstraintDescriptors()` Retrieves the constraint descriptors following the defined restrictions and hosted on the element described by `ElementDescriptor`.

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