ValidatorDefinition (Camel :: Core Model 3.18.8 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.camel.model.validator.ValidatorDefinition

Direct Known Subclasses:

CustomValidatorDefinition, EndpointValidatorDefinition, PredicateValidatorDefinition
```
@Metadata(label="validation")
public abstract class ValidatorDefinition
extends Object
```
Represents a Validator which declaratively validates message content according to the input type declared by InputTypeDefinition and/or output type declared by OutputTypeDefinition.

If you specify type='xml:ABC', the validator will be picked up when current message type is 'xml:ABC'. If you specify type='json', then it will be picked up for all of json validation. {@see Validator} {@see InputTypeDefinition} {@see OutputTypeDefinition}

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

ValidatorDefinition()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getType()`
`void`	`setType(Class<?> clazz)`	Set the data type using Java class.
`void`	`setType(String type)`	Set the data type name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - ValidatorDefinition
```
public ValidatorDefinition()
```
- Method Detail
  - getType
```
public String getType()
```
  - setType
```
public void setType(String type)
```
    Set the data type name. If you specify 'xml:XYZ', the validator will be picked up if message type is 'xml:XYZ'. If you specify just 'xml', the validator matches with all of 'xml' message type like 'xml:ABC' or 'xml:DEF'.
  - setType
```
public void setType(Class<?> clazz)
```
    Set the data type using Java class.