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package javax.validation.bootstrap;
import javax.validation.ValidationProviderResolver;
import javax.validation.Configuration;
/**
* Defines the state used to bootstrap Bean Validation and
* creates a provider agnostic Configuration.
*
* @author Emmanuel Bernard
*/
public interface GenericBootstrap {
/**
* Defines the provider resolution strategy.
* This resolver returns the list of providers evaluated
* to build the Configuration
*
* If no resolver is defined, the default ValidationProviderResolver
* implementation is used.
*
* @return this following the chaining method pattern
*/
GenericBootstrap providerResolver(ValidationProviderResolver resolver);
/**
* Returns a generic Configuration implementation.
* At this stage the provider used to build the ValidatorFactory is not defined.
*
* The Configuration implementation is provided by the first provider returned
* by the ValidationProviderResolver strategy.
*
* @return a Configuration implementation compliant with the bootstrap state
* @throws javax.validation.ValidationException if the Configuration object cannot be built
* this is generally due to an issue with the ValidationProviderResolver
*/
Configuration configure();
}