GroupsComputer (Apache BVal :: Implementation 3.0.1 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.apache.bval.jsr.groups.GroupsComputer

```
public class GroupsComputer
extends Object
```
Description: compute group order, based on the RI behavior as to guarantee compatibility with interpretations of the spec.
Implementation is thread-safe.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static Class<?>[]`	`DEFAULT_GROUP`
`static Groups`	`DEFAULT_GROUPS`	The default group array used in case any of the validate methods is called without a group.

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

GroupsComputer()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Groups`	`computeCascadingGroups(Set<jakarta.validation.metadata.GroupConversionDescriptor> groupConversions, Class<?> group)`	Deprecated.
`Groups`	`computeGroups(Class<?>... groups)`	Compute groups from an array of group classes.
`Groups`	`computeGroups(Collection<Class<?>> groups)`	Compute groups from a `Collection`.
`Groups`	`computeGroups(Stream<Class<?>> groups)`	Compute groups from a `Stream`.

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

- Field Detail
  - DEFAULT_GROUP
```
public static final Class<?>[] DEFAULT_GROUP
```
  - DEFAULT_GROUPS
```
public static final Groups DEFAULT_GROUPS
```
    The default group array used in case any of the validate methods is called without a group.
- Constructor Detail
  - GroupsComputer
```
public GroupsComputer()
```
- Method Detail
  - computeGroups
```
@SafeVarargs
public final Groups computeGroups(Class<?>... groups)
```
    Compute groups from an array of group classes.
    
    Parameters:
    
    groups -
    
    Returns:
    
    Groups
  - computeCascadingGroups
```
@Deprecated
public final Groups computeCascadingGroups(Set<jakarta.validation.metadata.GroupConversionDescriptor> groupConversions,
                                           Class<?> group)
```
    Deprecated.
    
    Compute groups for a single cascading validation taking into account the specified set of GroupConversionDescriptors.
    
    Parameters:
    
    groupConversions -
    
    group -
    
    Returns:
    
    Groups
  - computeGroups
```
public Groups computeGroups(Collection<Class<?>> groups)
```
    Compute groups from a Collection.
    
    Parameters:
    
    groups -
    
    Returns:
    
    Groups
  - computeGroups
```
public Groups computeGroups(Stream<Class<?>> groups)
```
    Compute groups from a Stream.
    
    Parameters:
    
    groups -
    
    Returns:
    
    Groups