# Package org.hibernate.validator.ap.util

This package contains helper classes.

See: Description

- Class Summary
  Class | Description
  --- | ---
  AnnotationApiHelper | A helper class providing some useful methods to work with types from the JSR-269-API.
  CollectionHelper | Provides some methods for simplified collection instantiation.
  Configuration | Provides access to the processor options supported by the Hibernate Validator annotation processor.
  ConstraintHelper | Helper class that deals with all constraint-related stuff, such as determining whether a given annotation represents a constraint annotation or whether a given annotation is allowed to be declared at a given element.
  MessagerAdapter | Wrapper around `Messager`, which adds the ability to format error messages using `MessageFormat`.
  TypeNames | Contains the fully-qualified names of types used by the annotation processor which are accessed only via the mirror API in order to avoid references to the actual class objects.
  TypeNames.BeanValidationTypes |
  TypeNames.HibernateValidatorTypes |
  TypeNames.JodaTypes |

- Enum Summary
  Enum | Description
  --- | ---
  ConstraintHelper.AnnotationType | The type of an annotation with respect to the BV API.
  ConstraintHelper.ConstraintCheckResult | Possible results of a constraint check as returned by `ConstraintHelper.checkConstraint(DeclaredType, TypeMirror)`.

## Package org.hibernate.validator.ap.util Description

This package contains helper classes.

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