/*
* 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>.
*/
/**
* Top level package of the Bean Validation API.
*
* The main runtime artifacts are:
* <ul>
* <li>{@link javax.validation.Validation}: the entry point to bootstrap Bean Validation</li>
* <li>{@link javax.validation.ValidatorFactory}: the bootstrapped Bean Validation engine</li>
* <li>{@link javax.validation.Validator}: contract to validate beans and access the metadata</li>
* <li>{@link javax.validation.ConstraintViolation}: constraint violation report</li>
* </ul>
*
* The main constraint definition artifacts are:
* <ul>
* <li>{@link javax.validation.Constraint}: annotation marking an annotation as being a constraint</li>
* <li>{@link javax.validation.ConstraintValidator}: interface implemented by the piece of code validating
* a given constraint</li>
* <li>{@link javax.validation.ReportAsSingleViolation}: marks a composed constraint as returning a single
* constraint violation report</li>
* </ul>
*
* The main constraint declaration artifacts are:
* <ul>
* <li>{@link javax.validation.Valid}: annotation marking an association as cascaded during validation</li>
* <li>{@link javax.validation.GroupSequence}: defines a sequence of groups that should be validated sequentially</li>
* </ul>
*/
package javax.validation;