/*
* Hibernate Validator, declare and validate application constraints
*
* 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 org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.provider;
import org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.core.AnnotationProcessingOptions;
import org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.raw.BeanConfiguration;
/**
* A provider for constraint related meta data such as constraints, default
* group sequences etc.
* <p>
* Implementations are based one different meta data sources such as XML,
* programmatic mappings and annotations. Meta data providers only return meta
* data directly configured for one class, they don't deal with merging meta
* data from super-classes or implemented interfaces.
* </p>
*
* @author Gunnar Morling
* @author Hardy Ferentschik
*/
public interface MetaDataProvider {
/**
* Returns the annotation processing options as configured by this provider.
*
* @return The annotation processing options as configured by this provider.
*/
AnnotationProcessingOptions getAnnotationProcessingOptions();
/**
* Returns a bean configuration for the given type or {@code null} if this provider has no meta-data on the given
* type.
*/
<T> BeanConfiguration<? super T> getBeanConfiguration(Class<T> beanClass);
}