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/*
* Copyright 2013-2014 Richard M. Hightower
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
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package org.boon.validation;
import java.util.List;
/**
* ValidatorMetaDataReader is an extension point for classes that need
* to read validation meta-data.
*
* There are currently two implementations (planned) for this.
*
* One implementation reads the meta-data from a properties file.
* The other implementation reads the data from Java 5 Annotation.
*
* @author Rick Hightower
*/
public interface ValidatorMetaDataReader {
public List readMetaData( Class clazz, String propertyName );
}