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// $Id: ValidationProviderResolver.java 17620 2009-10-04 19:19:28Z hardy.ferentschik $
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package javax.validation;

import java.util.List;
import javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider;

/**
 * Determines the list of Bean Validation providers available in the runtime environment
 * 
 * Bean Validation providers are identified by the presence of
 * META-INF/services/javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider
 * files following the Service Provider pattern described
 * here
 * 

 * Each META-INF/services/javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider file contains the list of
 * ValidationProvider implementations each of them representing a provider.
 * 
 * Implementations must be thread-safe.
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 */
public interface ValidationProviderResolver {
	/**
	 * Returns a list of ValidationProviders available in the runtime environment.
	 *
	 * @return list of validation providers.
	 */
	List> getValidationProviders();
}