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package org.apache.logging.log4j.plugins.validation;

import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;

/**
 * Interface that {@link Constraint} annotations must implement to perform validation logic.
 *
 * @param <A> the {@link Constraint} annotation this interface validates.
 * @since 2.1
 */
public interface ConstraintValidator<A extends Annotation> {

    /**
     * Called before this validator is used with the constraint annotation value.
     *
     * @param annotation the annotation value this validator will be validating.
     */
    void initialize(A annotation);

    /**
     * Indicates if the given value is valid.
     *
     * @param name the name to use for error reporting
     * @param value the value to validate. 
     * @return {@code true} if the given value is valid.
     */
    boolean isValid(String name, Object value);
}