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package javax.validation;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Validate objects
 * Implementations of this interface must be thread-safe
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 * @author Hardy Ferentschik
 * @todo Should Serializable be part of the definition?
 */
public interface Validator extends Serializable {
	/**
	 * validate all constraints on object
	 *
	 * @param object object to validate
	 * @param groups group name(s) (including group sequence names) targeted
	 * for validation (default to &lt;code&gt;default&lt;/code&gt;)
	 *
	 * @return constraint violations or an empty Set if none
	 *
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException e if object is null
	 */
	<T> Set<ConstraintViolation<T>> validate(T object, String... groups);

	/**
	 * validate all constraints on &lt;code&gt;propertyName&lt;/code&gt; property of object
	 *
	 * @param object object to validate
	 * @param propertyName property to validate (ie field and getter constraints)
	 * @param groups group name(s) (including group sequence names) targeted
	 * for validation (default to &lt;code&gt;default&lt;/code&gt;)
	 *
	 * @return constraint violations or an empty Set if none
	 *
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException e if object is null or if propertyName is not present
	 */
	<T> Set<ConstraintViolation<T>> validateProperty(T object, String propertyName, String... groups);

	/**
	 * validate all constraints on <code>propertyName</code> property
	 * if the property value is <code>value</code>
	 * <p/>
	 * TODO express limitations of ConstraintViolation in this case
	 *
	 * @param propertyName property to validate
	 * @param value property value to validate
	 * @param groups group name(s) (including group sequence names) targeted
	 * for validation (default to <code>default</code>)
	 *
	 * @return constraint violations or an empty Set if none
	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException e if propertyName is not present
	 */
	<T> Set<ConstraintViolation<T>> validateValue(Class<T> beanType, String propertyName, Object value, String... groups);

	/**
	 * Return the class level constraints
	 * The returned object (and associated objects including ConstraintDescriptors)
     * are immutable.
	 *
	 * @param clazz class type evaluated
	 */
	BeanDescriptor getConstraintsForClass(Class<?> clazz);
}

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