maint-5-2/tapestry-beanvalidator/src/main/java/org/apache/tapestry5/beanvalidator/BeanValidatorSource.java

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package org.apache.tapestry5.beanvalidator;

import javax.validation.Validator;
import javax.validation.ValidatorFactory;

import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UsesOrderedConfiguration;

/**
 * Creates {@link javax.validation.ValidatorFactory}.
 * 
 * @since 5.2.0.0
 */
@UsesOrderedConfiguration(BeanValidatorConfigurer.class)
public interface BeanValidatorSource 
{

	/**
	 * Creates a new Validator.
	 */
	Validator create();

	/**
	 * Returns the ValidatorFactory from which Validators are created.
	 */
	ValidatorFactory getValidatorFactory();
}