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 * Portions created by Sebastian Thomschke are copyright (c) 2005-2007 Sebastian
 * Thomschke.
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 *     Sebastian Thomschke - initial implementation.
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package net.sf.oval.configuration;

import net.sf.oval.configuration.pojo.elements.ClassConfiguration;
import net.sf.oval.configuration.pojo.elements.ConstraintSetConfiguration;
import net.sf.oval.exception.OValException;

/**
 * @author Sebastian Thomschke
 */
public interface Configurer
{
  /**
   * Returns the constraint configurations for the given class. This method
   * is invoked only once by the Validator, the very first time an object
   * of the given class needs to be validated. The constraint configuration
   * is then translated into an Validator internal format and cached.
   * 
   * @param clazz
   * @return The constraint configurations for the given class.
   * @throws OValException
   */
  ClassConfiguration getClassConfiguration(Class< ? > clazz) throws OValException;

  /**
   * Returns the constraint configuration for the constraint set with the 
   * given Id.
   * @param constraintSetId
   * @return The constraint configuration for the constraint set with the given Id.
   * @throws OValException
   */
  ConstraintSetConfiguration getConstraintSetConfiguration(String constraintSetId)
      throws OValException;
}