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<h4>getValidationGroups</h4>
<pre>public&nbsp;<a href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/String.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">String</a>&nbsp;getValidationGroups()</pre>
<div class="block"><p class="changed_added_2_0">Return the validation groups passed
 to the Validation API when checking constraints.  If the
 validationGroupsArray attribute is omitted or empty, the validation
 groups will be inh