/*
 * Hibernate Validator, declare and validate application constraints
 *
 * 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 org.hibernate.validator.internal.properties;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;

import org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.raw.ConstrainedElement.ConstrainedElementKind;

An element on which it is possible to define constraints (e.g. a JavaBean property, a JavaBean method, a JSON
property).
Author:
Marko Bekhta/**
 * An element on which it is possible to define constraints (e.g. a JavaBean property, a JavaBean method, a JSON
 * property).
 *
 * @author Marko Bekhta
 */
public interface Constrainable {

	String getName();

	Class<?> getDeclaringClass();

	Type getTypeForValidatorResolution();

	Type getType();

	ConstrainedElementKind getConstrainedElementKind();

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	default <T> T as(Class<T> clazz) {
		return ( (T) this );
	}
}