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/**
* A group defines a subset of constraints. Instead of
* validating all constraints for a given object graph,
* only a subset is validated depending on the group targeted.
*
* Each constraint declaration defines the list of groups it belongs to.
* If no group is explicitly declared, a constraint belongs to the
* {@link javax.validation.groups.Default} group.
*
* When applying validation, the list of target groups is passed along.
* If no group is explicitly passed along, the
* {@code javax.validation.groups.Default} group is used.
*
* During cascading, groups can be converted from one to another by
* the use of {@link javax.validation.groups.ConvertGroup}
*/
package javax.validation.groups;