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package javax.validation;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Represents a configuration source. In particular
 * META-INF/validation.xml
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard 
 * @author Gunnar Morling
 */
public interface ConfigurationSource {
	/**
	 * Class name of the {@code ValidationProvider} implementation
	 * or null if none is specified.
	 *
	 * @return validation provider class name
	 */
	public String getDefaultProviderClassName();

	/**
	 * Class name of the {@code ConstraintValidatorFactory} implementation
	 * or null if none is specified.
	 *
	 * @return constraint validator factory class name
	 */
	public String getConstraintValidatorFactoryClassName();

	/**
	 * Class name of the {@code MessageInterpolator} implementation
	 * or null if none is specified.
	 *
	 * @return message interpolator class name or null
	 */
	public String getMessageInterpolatorClassName();

	/**
	 * Class name of the {@code TraversableResolver} implementation
	 * or null if none is specified.
	 *
	 * @return traversable resolver class name or null
	 */
	public String getTraversableResolverClassName();

    /**
     * Class name of the {@code ParameterNameProvider} implementation
     * or null if none is specified.
     *
     * @return parameter name provider class name or null
     */
    public String getParameterNameProviderClassName();

	/**
	 * Returns a set of resource path pointing to XML constraint mapping files.
	 * The Set is empty if none are specified.
	 *
	 * @return set of constraint mapping resource path
	 */
	public Set getConstraintMappingResourcePath();

	/**
	 * Returns properties as a Map of property name as key and property value as value.
	 * The Map is empty if no property has been specified.
	 *
	 * @return properties
	 */
	public Map getProperties();
}