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package javax.validation;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;

/**
 * Contract determining if a property can be accessed by the Bean Validation provider.
 * This contract is called for each property that is being either validated or cascaded.
 *
 * A traversable resolver implementation must be thread-safe.
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 */
public interface TraversableResolver {
	/**
	 * Determine if the Bean Validation provider is allowed to reach the property state
	 *
	 * @param traversableObject object hosting traversableProperty or null
	 *                          if validateValue is called
	 * @param traversableProperty the traversable property.
	 * @param rootBeanType type of the root object passed to the Validator.
	 * @param pathToTraversableObject path from the root object to
	 *        traversableObject
	 *        (using the path specification defined by Bean Validator).
	 * @param elementType either FIELD or METHOD.
	 *
	 * @return true if the Bean Validation provider is allowed to
	 *         reach the property state, false otherwise.
	 */
	boolean isReachable(Object traversableObject,
						Path.Node traversableProperty,
						Class rootBeanType,
						Path pathToTraversableObject,
						ElementType elementType);

	/**
	 * Determine if the Bean Validation provider is allowed to cascade validation on
	 * the bean instance returned by the property value
	 * marked as @Valid.
	 * Note that this method is called only if isReachable returns true
	 * for the same set of arguments and if the property is marked as @Valid
	 *
	 * @param traversableObject object hosting traversableProperty or null
	 *                          if validateValue is called
	 * @param traversableProperty the traversable property.
	 * @param rootBeanType type of the root object passed to the Validator.
	 * @param pathToTraversableObject path from the root object to
	 *        traversableObject
	 *        (using the path specification defined by Bean Validator).
	 * @param elementType either FIELD or METHOD.
	 *
	 * @return true if the Bean Validation provider is allowed to
	 *         cascade validation, false otherwise.
	 */
	boolean isCascadable(Object traversableObject,
						 Path.Node traversableProperty,
						 Class rootBeanType,
						 Path pathToTraversableObject,
						 ElementType elementType);
}