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/*
 * Copyright 2008-2013 the original author or authors.
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 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package org.broadleafcommerce.common.presentation;

import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;


/**
 * 
 * @author jfischer
 *
 */
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target({ElementType.FIELD})
public @interface ValidationConfiguration {
    
    /**
     * The fully qualified classname of the org.broadleafcommerce.openadmin.server.service.persistence.validation.PropertyValidator
     * instance to use for validation
     * 
     * If you need to do dependency injection, this can also correspond to a bean ID that implements the 
     * org.broadleafcommerce.openadmin.server.service.persistence.validation.PropertyValidator interface.
     * 
     * @return the validator implementation. This implementation should be an instance of
     * org.broadleafcommerce.openadmin.server.service.persistence.validation.PropertyValidator and could be either a bean
     * name or fully-qualified class name
     */
    String validationImplementation();
    
    /**
     * Optional configuration items that can be used to setup the validator. Most validators should have at least
     * a single configuration item with {@link ConfigurationItem#ERROR_MESSAGE}.
     * 
     * @return validator configuration attributes
     */
    ConfigurationItem[] configurationItems() default {};
}