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/*
* Hibernate Validator, declare and validate application constraints
*
* License: Apache License, Version 2.0
* See the license.txt file in the root directory or .
*/
package org.hibernate.validator.cfg.context;
import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
/**
* Facet of a constraint mapping creational context which allows to the select the bean
* property to which the next operations shall apply.
*
* @author Kevin Pollet <[email protected]> (C) 2011 SERLI
* @author Gunnar Morling
*/
public interface PropertyTarget {
/**
* Selects a property to which the next operations shall apply.
*
* Until this method is called constraints apply on class level. After calling this method constraints
* apply on the specified property with the given access type.
*
*
* A given property may only be configured once.
*
*
* @param property The property on which to apply the following constraints (Java Bean notation).
* @param type The access type (field/property).
*
* @return A creational context representing the selected property.
*/
PropertyConstraintMappingContext property(String property, ElementType type);
}