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package javax.validation;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
/**
* Marks an attribute as overriding the attribute of a composing constraint.
* Both attributes must share the same type.
*
* @author Emmanuel Bernard
*/
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target({ METHOD })
public @interface OverridesAttribute {
/**
* @return constraint type the attribute is overriding
*/
Class constraint();
/**
* Name of the Constraint attribute overridden.
* Defaults to the name of the attribute hosting {@code @OverridesAttribute}.
*
* @return name of constraint attribute overridden
*/
String name();
/**
* The index of the targeted constraint declaration when using
* multiple constraints of the same type.
*
* The index represents the index of the constraint in the
* {@code value()} array.
*
* By default, no index is defined and the single constraint declaration
* is targeted.
*
* @return constraint declaration index if multivalued annotation is used
*/
int constraintIndex() default -1;
/**
* Defines several {@link OverridesAttribute} annotations on the same element
*
* @see javax.validation.OverridesAttribute
*/
@Documented
@Target({ METHOD })
@Retention(RUNTIME)
public @interface List {
OverridesAttribute[] value();
}
}