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014package org.apache.tapestry5.beanvalidator;
015
016import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UsesConfiguration;
017
018/**
019 * Source for {@link ClientConstraintDescriptor}.
020 *
021 */
022@UsesConfiguration(ClientConstraintDescriptor.class)
023public interface ClientConstraintDescriptorSource 
024{
025        /**
026         * Return a {@link ClientConstraintDescriptor} for a constraint annotation or null.
027         * 
028         * @param annotationClass type of the constraint annotation
029         */
030        ClientConstraintDescriptor getConstraintDescriptor(Class annotationClass);
031}