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package javax.validation.metadata;

/**
 * Scope looked at when discovering constraints
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 */
public enum Scope {
	/**
	 * Look for constraints declared on the current class element
	 * and ignore inheritance and elements with the same name in
	 * the class hierarchy.
	 */
	LOCAL_ELEMENT,

	/**
	 * Look for constraints declared on all elements of the class hierarchy
	 * with the same name.
	 */
	HIERARCHY
}