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package org.hibernate.validator.cfg.context;

/**
 * Facet of a constraint mapping creational context which allows to configure how existing annotation should be
 * treated.
 *
 * @author Hardy Ferentschik
 */
public interface AnnotationProcessingOptions> {
	/**
	 * Specifies that annotations specified on the configured type or property should be ignored.
	 *
	 * @return Returns itself for method chaining.
	 */
	C ignoreAnnotations();
}