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// $Id: ValidatorFactory.java 16161 2009-03-16 23:26:39Z epbernard $
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package javax.validation;

/**
 * Factory returning initialized Validator instances.
 * Implementations are thread-safe
 * This object is typically cached and reused.
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 */
public interface ValidatorFactory {
	/**
	 * @return Returns an initialized Validator instance using the default
	 * factory instances for message interpolator and traversable resolver.
	 * 
	 * Validator instances can be pooled and shared by the implementation.
	 * 
	 */
	Validator getValidator();

	/**
	 * Define the validator context and return a Validator compliant
	 * with this state.
	 *
	 * @return a ValidatorContext.
	 */
	ValidatorContext usingContext();

	/**
	 * Returns the MessageInterpolator instance configured at
	 * initialization time for the ValidatorFactory.
	 * This is the instance used by #getValidator().
	 *
	 * @return MessageInterpolator instance.
	 */
	MessageInterpolator getMessageInterpolator();
}