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/*
* Bean Validation API
*
* License: Apache License, Version 2.0
* See the license.txt file in the root directory or .
*/
package javax.validation;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.List;
/**
* Provides names for method and constructor parameters.
*
* Used by the Bean Validation runtime when creating constraint violation
* objects for violated method constraints.
*
* Implementations must be thread-safe.
*
* @author Gunnar Morling
* @since 1.1
*/
public interface ParameterNameProvider {
/**
* Returns the names of the parameters of the given constructor.
*
* @param constructor the constructor for which the parameter names shall be
* retrieved; never {@code null}
* @return a list containing the names of the parameters of the given
* constructor; may be empty but never {@code null}
*/
List getParameterNames(Constructor constructor);
/**
* Returns the names of the parameters of the given method.
*
* @param method the method for which the parameter names shall be retrieved;
* never {@code null}
* @return a list containing the names of the parameters of the given method;
* may be empty but never {@code null}
*/
List getParameterNames(Method method);
}