1 /*
2 * Copyright 2004-2009 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
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9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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15 */
16
17 package org.springmodules.validation.bean.conf.loader;
18
19 import org.springmodules.validation.bean.conf.BeanValidationConfiguration;
20
21 /**
22 * A strategy to load {@link org.springmodules.validation.bean.conf.BeanValidationConfiguration}'s for bean clases.
23 *
24 * @author Uri Boness
25 */
26 public interface BeanValidationConfigurationLoader {
27
28 /**
29 * Loads the bean validation configuration for the given class.
30 *
31 * @param clazz The class for which the validation configuration will be loaded.
32 * @return The bean validation configuration for the given class or <code>null</code> if no configuration could be
33 * found.
34 */
35 BeanValidationConfiguration loadConfiguration(Class clazz);
36
37 /**
38 * Indicates whether the given class is supported by this loader. The {@link #loadConfiguration(Class)} will return
39 * a validation configuration only for the supported classes. This method should typically be called to determine
40 * whether the {@link #loadConfiguration(Class)} should be called.
41 *
42 * @param clazz The class to be checked.
43 * @return <code>true</code> if this loader can load a valication configuration for the given class,
44 * <code>false</code> otherwise.
45 */
46 boolean supports(Class clazz);
47
48 }