/*
 * 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;

Instantiates a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class. The ConstraintValidatorFactory is not responsible for calling ConstraintValidator.initialize(Annotation). 
Author:
Dhanji R. Prasanna, Emmanuel Bernard, Hardy Ferentschik/**
 * Instantiates a {@link ConstraintValidator} instance based off its class.
 * The {@code ConstraintValidatorFactory} is <b>not</b> responsible
 * for calling {@link ConstraintValidator#initialize(java.lang.annotation.Annotation)}.
 *
 * @author Dhanji R. Prasanna
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 * @author Hardy Ferentschik
 */
public interface ConstraintValidatorFactory {

	
Params:
key – The class of the constraint validator to instantiate
Type parameters:
<T> – The type of the constraint validator to instantiate
Returns:
A new constraint validator instance of the specified class/**
	 * @param key The class of the constraint validator to instantiate
	 * @param <T> The type of the constraint validator to instantiate
	 *
	 * @return A new constraint validator instance of the specified class
	 */
	<T extends ConstraintValidator<?, ?>> T getInstance(Class<T> key);

	
Signals ConstraintValidatorFactory that the instance is no longer being used by the Jakarta Bean Validation provider. 
Params:
instance – validator being released
Since:
1.1/**
	 * Signals {@code ConstraintValidatorFactory} that the instance is no longer
	 * being used by the Jakarta Bean Validation provider.
	 *
	 * @param instance validator being released
	 *
	 * @since 1.1
	 */
	void releaseInstance(ConstraintValidator<?, ?> instance);
}