 class="methodSignature"><a href="ConstraintViolation.html" title="type parameter in ConstraintViolation">T</a>&nbsp;getRootBean()</pre>
<div class="block">Returns the root bean being validated. For method validation, returns
 the object the method is executed on.
 <p>
 Returns <code>null</code> when:
 <ul>
     <li>the <code>ConstraintViolation</code> is returned after calling
     <a href="Validator.html#validateValue(java.lang.Class,java.lang.String,java.lang.Object,java.lang.Class...)"><code>Validator.v