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package javax.validation.executable;

import javax.validation.ValidationException;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.PACKAGE;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.TYPE;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

/**
 * Expresses which executables (methods or constructors) should have their parameters
 * and return value validated upon execution. Can be on executable (method, constructor)
 * or type level (with the former taking precedence).
 * 
 * If not present for a given executable, the default configuration from
 * {@code META-INF/validation.xml} and finally the implicit default
 * validated executable types (constructors and non-getters) are taken into account to determine
 * whether a given executable is validated upon execution or not.
 * 

 * The following describes the formal rules for deciding whether an executable is validated.
 * They are applied in decreasing order:
 * 

 *     the executable is validated if it is annotated with {@code @ValidateOnExecution} and
 *     the {@code type} attribute contains the executable type or {@link ExecutableType#IMPLICIT}.
 *     If the {@code type} attribute does neither contain the executable type nor {@code IMPLICIT},
 *     the executable is not validated.
 *     otherwise the executable is validated if the type (class, interface) on which it is
 *     declared is annotated with {@code @ValidateOnExecution} and the {@code type} attribute
 *     contains the executable type. If the {@code type} attribute contains
 *     {@code IMPLICIT}, then this rule is ignored and the behavior is
 *     equivalent to {@code ValidateOnExecution} not being present. If the
 *     {@code type} attribute does not contain the executable type, the executable is not
 *     validated.
 *     otherwise the executable is validated if the global executable validation setting
 *     contains the executable type. If the global setting does not contain the executable type,
 *     the executable is not validated.
 *     The rules above do not apply to methods overriding a superclass method or
 *     implementing an interface method. In this case, the method inherits the behavior
 *     of the method it overrides or implements. Out of the box, a conforming implementation
 *     raises a {@link ValidationException} if the overriding / implementing method hosts
 *     the {@code ValidateOnExecution} annotation.
 * 
 * 
 * Note that you can exclude an executable from validation by making sure the rules above do not match
 * or by annotating the executable with {@code @ValidateOnExecution(NONE)}.
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 * @since 1.1
 */
@Target({ CONSTRUCTOR, METHOD, TYPE, PACKAGE })
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface ValidateOnExecution {

	/**
	 * List of executable types to be validated when called.
	 * Defaults to the types discovered implicitly (see {@link ExecutableType#IMPLICIT}).
	 */
	ExecutableType[] type() default {ExecutableType.IMPLICIT};
}