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package javax.validation.metadata;
/**
* Scope looked at when discovering constraints.
*
* @author Emmanuel Bernard
*/
public enum Scope {
/**
* Look for constraints declared on the current class element
* and ignore inheritance and elements with the same name in
* the class hierarchy.
*/
LOCAL_ELEMENT,
/**
* Look for constraints declared on all elements of the class hierarchy
* with the same name.
*/
HIERARCHY
}