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/*
* Jakarta Validation API
*
* License: Apache License, Version 2.0
* See the license.txt file in the root directory or .
*/
package jakarta.validation;
/**
* Instantiates a {@link ConstraintValidator} instance based off its class.
* The {@code ConstraintValidatorFactory} is not responsible
* for calling {@link ConstraintValidator#initialize(java.lang.annotation.Annotation)}.
*
* @author Dhanji R. Prasanna
* @author Emmanuel Bernard
* @author Hardy Ferentschik
*/
public interface ConstraintValidatorFactory {
/**
* @param key The class of the constraint validator to instantiate
* @param The type of the constraint validator to instantiate
*
* @return A new constraint validator instance of the specified class
*/
> T getInstance(Class key);
/**
* Signals {@code ConstraintValidatorFactory} that the instance is no longer
* being used by the Jakarta Validation provider.
*
* @param instance validator being released
*
* @since 1.1
*/
void releaseInstance(ConstraintValidator instance);
}