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/*
 * Bean Validation API
 *
 * License: Apache License, Version 2.0
 * See the license.txt file in the root directory or .
 */
/**
 * Top level package of the Bean Validation API.
 *
 * The main runtime artifacts are:
 * 
 *     {@link javax.validation.Validation}: the entry point to bootstrap Bean Validation
 *     {@link javax.validation.ValidatorFactory}: the bootstrapped Bean Validation engine
 *     {@link javax.validation.Validator}: contract to validate beans and access the metadata
 *     {@link javax.validation.ConstraintViolation}: constraint violation report
 * 
 *
 * The main constraint definition artifacts are:
 * 
 *     {@link javax.validation.Constraint}: annotation marking an annotation as being a constraint
 *     {@link javax.validation.ConstraintValidator}: interface implemented by the piece of code validating
 *     a given constraint
 *     {@link javax.validation.ReportAsSingleViolation}: marks a composed constraint as returning a single
 *     constraint violation report
 * 
 *
 * The main constraint declaration artifacts are:
 * 
 *     {@link javax.validation.Valid}: annotation marking an association as cascaded during validation
 *     {@link javax.validation.GroupSequence}: defines a sequence of groups that should be validated sequentially
 * 
 */
package javax.validation;