/*
 * Jakarta Bean Validation API
 *
 * License: Apache License, Version 2.0
 * See the license.txt file in the root directory or <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>.
 */
package javax.validation;

import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import javax.validation.executable.ExecutableType;
import javax.validation.executable.ValidateOnExecution;
import javax.validation.spi.ValidationProvider;
import javax.validation.valueextraction.ValueExtractor;

Represents the user specified default configuration in META-INF/validation.xml. 
 Note that modifications to the returned objects do not have any effect. Instead use the methods provided on Configuration in order to apply modifications to the configuration. 
Author:
Emmanuel Bernard, Gunnar Morling, Hardy Ferentschik, Guillaume Smet
Since:
1.1/**
 * Represents the user specified default configuration in
 * {@code META-INF/validation.xml}.
 * <p>
 * Note that modifications to the returned objects do not have any effect.
 * Instead use the methods provided on {@link Configuration} in order to
 * apply modifications to the configuration.
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 * @author Gunnar Morling
 * @author Hardy Ferentschik
 * @author Guillaume Smet
 * @since 1.1
 */
public interface BootstrapConfiguration {

	
Class name of the ValidationProvider implementation or null if none is specified. 
Returns:
validation provider class name or null/**
	 * Class name of the {@link ValidationProvider} implementation
	 * or {@code null} if none is specified.
	 *
	 * @return validation provider class name or {@code null}
	 */
	String getDefaultProviderClassName();

	
Class name of the ConstraintValidatorFactory implementation or null if none is specified. 
Returns:
constraint validator factory class name or null/**
	 * Class name of the {@link ConstraintValidatorFactory} implementation
	 * or {@code null} if none is specified.
	 *
	 * @return constraint validator factory class name or {@code null}
	 */
	String getConstraintValidatorFactoryClassName();

	
Class name of the MessageInterpolator implementation or null if none is specified. 
Returns:
message interpolator class name or null/**
	 * Class name of the {@link MessageInterpolator} implementation
	 * or {@code null} if none is specified.
	 *
	 * @return message interpolator class name or {@code null}
	 */
	String getMessageInterpolatorClassName();

	
Class name of the TraversableResolver implementation or null if none is specified. 
Returns:
traversable resolver class name or null/**
	 * Class name of the {@link TraversableResolver} implementation
	 * or {@code null} if none is specified.
	 *
	 * @return traversable resolver class name or {@code null}
	 */
	String getTraversableResolverClassName();

	
Class name of the ParameterNameProvider implementation or null if none is specified. 
Returns:
parameter name provider class name or null/**
	 * Class name of the {@link ParameterNameProvider} implementation
	 * or {@code null} if none is specified.
	 *
	 * @return parameter name provider class name or {@code null}
	 */
	String getParameterNameProviderClassName();

	
Class name of the ClockProvider implementation or null if none is specified. 
Returns:
clock provider class name or null
Since:
2.0/**
	 * Class name of the {@link ClockProvider} implementation or
	 * {@code null} if none is specified.
	 *
	 * @return clock provider class name or {@code null}
	 *
	 * @since 2.0
	 */
	String getClockProviderClassName();

	
Returns the class names of ValueExtractors. 
Returns:
the value extractor class names or an empty set if none are specified
Since:
2.0/**
	 * Returns the class names of {@link ValueExtractor}s.
	 *
	 * @return the value extractor class names or an empty set if none are specified
	 * @since 2.0
	 */
	Set<String> getValueExtractorClassNames();

	
Returns a set of resource paths pointing to XML constraint mapping files.
The set is empty if none are specified.
Returns:
set of constraint mapping resource paths/**
	 * Returns a set of resource paths pointing to XML constraint mapping files.
	 * The set is empty if none are specified.
	 *
	 * @return set of constraint mapping resource paths
	 */
	Set<String> getConstraintMappingResourcePaths();

	
Returns true if the validation execution is explicitly marked as enabled
or if it is left undefined.
Returns:
whether validation execution is globally enabled/**
	 * Returns true if the validation execution is explicitly marked as enabled
	 * or if it is left undefined.
	 *
	 * @return whether validation execution is globally enabled
	 */
	boolean isExecutableValidationEnabled();

	
Returns the set of executable types that should be considered unless explicitly overridden via ValidateOnExecution. 
 Returns a set containing ExecutableType.CONSTRUCTORS and ExecutableType.NON_GETTER_METHODS if unspecified in the configuration. 
Returns:
set of validated executable types/**
	 * Returns the set of executable types that should be considered
	 * unless explicitly overridden via {@link ValidateOnExecution}.
	 * <p>
	 * Returns a set containing {@link ExecutableType#CONSTRUCTORS} and
	 * {@link ExecutableType#NON_GETTER_METHODS} if unspecified in the configuration.
	 *
	 * @return set of validated executable types
	 */
	Set<ExecutableType> getDefaultValidatedExecutableTypes();

	
Returns properties as a map of string based key/value pairs.
The map is empty if no property has been specified.
Returns:
the properties map/**
	 * Returns properties as a map of string based key/value pairs.
	 * The map is empty if no property has been specified.
	 *
	 * @return the properties map
	 */
	Map<String, String> getProperties();
}