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Bean Validation API

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/**
 * Top level package of the Bean Validation API.
 *
 * The main runtime artifacts are:
 * 
 *     {@code Validation}: the entry point to bootstrap Bean Validation
 *     {@code ValidatorFactory}: the bootstrapped Bean Validation engine
 *     {@code Validator}: contract to validate beans and access the metadata
 *     {@code ConstraintViolation}: constraint violation report
 * 
 *
 * The main constraint definition artifacts are:
 * 
 *     {@code Constraint}: annotation marking an annotation as being a constraint
 *     {@code CrossParameterConstraint}: annotation marking an annotation as being a cross-parameter constraint
 *     {@code ConstraintValidator}: interface implemented by the piece of code validating a given constraint
 *     {@code ReportAsSingleViolation}: mark a composed constraint as returning a single constraint violation report
 * 
 *
 * The main constraint declaration artifacts are:
 * 
 *     {@code @Valid}: annotation marking an association as cascaded during validation
 *     {@code @GroupSequence}: defines a sequence of groups that should be validated sequentially
 * 
 */
package javax.validation;