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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;
/**
* Facet of a constraint mapping creational context which allows to select the bean
* method to which the next operations shall apply.
*
* @author Kevin Pollet <[email protected]> (C) 2011 SERLI
* @author Gunnar Morling
*/
public interface MethodTarget {
/**
* Selects a method to which the next operations shall apply.
*
* Until this method is called constraints apply on class level. After calling this method constraints
* apply to the specified method.
*
*
* A given method may only be configured once.
*
*
* @param name The method name.
* @param parameterTypes The method parameter types.
*
* @return A creational context representing the selected method.
*/
MethodConstraintMappingContext method(String name, Class... parameterTypes);
}