# Interface ValidationFailure

All Superinterfaces:
  `Serializable`

All Known Implementing Classes:
  `BeanValidationFailure, SimpleValidationFailure`

public interface ValidationFailure extends Serializable
Defines a single failure during the validation process. Implementing classes may store any extra information to help callers to identify the source and reasons for the failure.

Since:
  1.1
See Also:
  - `BeanValidationFailure`

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `String`
  `getDescription()`
  Returns a String representation of the error object.
  `Object`
  `getError()`
  Returns an user defined error object.
  `Object`
  `getSource()`
  Returns the object that has generated the failure.

- ## Method Details

  - ### getSource

    Object getSource()
    Returns the object that has generated the failure. For example, if a `Person` must have a name and a `ValidationFailure` is created when the user attempts to save it, the `Person` object would be the failure source.
    Returns:
      the failure's source or null in case a source cannot be defined.

  - ### getError

    Object getError()
    Returns an user defined error object.

  - ### getDescription

    String getDescription()
    Returns a String representation of the error object. This is used in log messages and exceptions.