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014package org.apache.tapestry5.beanvalidator;
015
016import org.apache.tapestry5.internal.beanvalidator.BaseCCD;
017import org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.annotations.UsesConfiguration;
018
019/**
020 * Source for {@link ClientConstraintDescriptor}.
021 */
022@UsesConfiguration(BaseCCD.class)
023public interface ClientConstraintDescriptorSource
024{
025    /**
026     * Return a {@link ClientConstraintDescriptor} for a constraint annotation or null if not found.
027     *
028     * @param annotationClass
029     *         type of the constraint annotation
030     */
031    ClientConstraintDescriptor getConstraintDescriptor(Class annotationClass);
032}