* * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE * file that was distributed with this source code. */ namespace Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints; /** * A sequence of validation groups. * * When validating a group sequence, each group will only be validated if all * of the previous groups in the sequence succeeded. For example: * * $validator->validate($address, null, new GroupSequence(['Basic', 'Strict'])); * * In the first step, all constraints that belong to the group "Basic" will be * validated. If none of the constraints fail, the validator will then validate * the constraints in group "Strict". This is useful, for example, if "Strict" * contains expensive checks that require a lot of CPU or slow, external * services. You usually don't want to run expensive checks if any of the cheap * checks fail. * * When adding metadata to a class, you can override the "Default" group of * that class with a group sequence: * /** * * @GroupSequence({"Address", "Strict"}) * *\/ * class Address * { * // ... * } * * Whenever you validate that object in the "Default" group, the group sequence * will be validated: * * $validator->validate($address); * * If you want to execute the constraints of the "Default" group for a class * with an overridden default group, pass the class name as group name instead: * * $validator->validate($address, null, "Address") * * @Annotation * @Target({"CLASS", "ANNOTATION"}) * * @author Bernhard Schussek */ #[\Attribute(\Attribute::TARGET_CLASS)] class GroupSequence { /** * The groups in the sequence. * * @var array */ public $groups; /** * The group in which cascaded objects are validated when validating * this sequence. * * By default, cascaded objects are validated in each of the groups of * the sequence. * * If a class has a group sequence attached, that sequence replaces the * "Default" group. When validating that class in the "Default" group, the * group sequence is used instead, but still the "Default" group should be * cascaded to other objects. * * @var string|GroupSequence */ public $cascadedGroup; /** * Creates a new group sequence. * * @param array $groups The groups in the sequence */ public function __construct(array $groups) { // Support for Doctrine annotations $this->groups = $groups['value'] ?? $groups; } }