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package org.hibernate.validator;

import javax.validation.ConstraintValidatorFactory;
import javax.validation.MessageInterpolator;
import javax.validation.TraversableResolver;
import javax.validation.ValidatorContext;

/**
 * Represents a Hibernate Validator specific context that is used to create
 * {@link javax.validation.Validator} instances. Adds additional configuration options to those
 * provided by {@link ValidatorContext}.
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 * @author Kevin Pollet  (C) 2011 SERLI
 */
public interface HibernateValidatorContext extends ValidatorContext {

	HibernateValidatorContext messageInterpolator(MessageInterpolator messageInterpolator);

	HibernateValidatorContext traversableResolver(TraversableResolver traversableResolver);

	HibernateValidatorContext constraintValidatorFactory(ConstraintValidatorFactory factory);

	/**
	 * En- or disables the fail fast mode. When fail fast is enabled the validation
	 * will stop on the first constraint violation detected.
	 *
	 * @param failFast {@code true} to enable fail fast, {@code false} otherwise.
	 *
	 * @return {@code this} following the chaining method pattern
	 */
	HibernateValidatorContext failFast(boolean failFast);

}