01: /*
02: * Copyright 2005-2006 the original author or authors.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
05: * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
06: *
07: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
08: *
09: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
10: * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
11: * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
12: * the License.
13: */
14:
15: package org.strecks.validator.factory;
16:
17: import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
18: import java.lang.reflect.Method;
19:
20: import org.strecks.validator.internal.ValidatorWrapper;
21:
22: /**
23: * Inteface for creating a <code>Validator</code> implementation from the annotation, which itself
24: * uses the <code>@ValidatorFactoryClass</code> annotation to identify the annotation factory implementation class
25: * @author Phil Zoio
26: */
27: public interface ValidatorFactory {
28:
29: /**
30: * Returns
31: * @param annot
32: * an annotation which the implementation class knows how to read
33: * @param getter
34: * the getter method on which the annotation is defined
35: * @return a <code>ValidatorWrapper</code> instance, which, as the name suggests, wrapps one a
36: * <code>Validator</code> instance as well as other contextual information useful for
37: * subsequent validations
38: */
39: public ValidatorWrapper create(Annotation annot, Method getter);
40: }
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