/*
* Bean Validation API
*
* License: Apache License, Version 2.0
* See the license.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>.
*/
package javax.validation;
/**
* Instantiates a {@link ConstraintValidator} instance based off its class.
* The {@code ConstraintValidatorFactory} is <b>not</b> responsible
* for calling {@link ConstraintValidator#initialize(java.lang.annotation.Annotation)}.
*
* @author Dhanji R. Prasanna
* @author Emmanuel Bernard
* @author Hardy Ferentschik
*/
public interface
ConstraintValidatorFactory {
/**
* @param key The class of the constraint validator to instantiate
* @param <T> The type of the constraint validator to instantiate
*
* @return A new constraint validator instance of the specified class
*/
<T extends
ConstraintValidator<?, ?>> T
getInstance(
Class<T>
key);
/**
* Signals {@code ConstraintValidatorFactory} that the instance is no longer
* being used by the Bean Validation provider.
*
* @param instance validator being released
*
* @since 1.1
*/
void
releaseInstance(
ConstraintValidator<?, ?>
instance);
}