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package org.hibernate.cfg.beanvalidation;

import java.util.Set;

import org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration;
import org.hibernate.engine.spi.SessionFactoryImplementor;
import org.hibernate.service.spi.SessionFactoryServiceRegistry;

Defines the context needed to call the TypeSafeActivator 
Author:
Steve Ebersole/**
 * Defines the context needed to call the {@link TypeSafeActivator}
 *
 * @author Steve Ebersole
 */
public interface ActivationContext {
	
Access the requested validation mode(s).

IMPL NOTE : the legacy code allowed multiple mode values to be specified, so that is why it is multi-valued here.
However, I cannot find any good reasoning why it was defined that way and even JPA states it should be a single
value.  For 4.1 (in maintenance) I think it makes the most sense to not mess with it.  Discuss for
4.2 and beyond.
Returns:
The requested validation modes/**
	 * Access the requested validation mode(s).
	 * <p/>
	 * IMPL NOTE : the legacy code allowed multiple mode values to be specified, so that is why it is multi-valued here.
	 * However, I cannot find any good reasoning why it was defined that way and even JPA states it should be a single
	 * value.  For 4.1 (in maintenance) I think it makes the most sense to not mess with it.  Discuss for
	 * 4.2 and beyond.
	 *
	 * @return The requested validation modes
	 */
	public Set<ValidationMode> getValidationModes();

	
Access the Configuration
Returns:
The Hibernate Configuration object/**
	 * Access the Configuration
	 *
	 * @return The Hibernate Configuration object
	 */
	public Configuration getConfiguration();

	
Access the SessionFactory being built to trigger this BV activation
Returns:
The SessionFactory being built/**
	 * Access the SessionFactory being built to trigger this BV activation
	 *
	 * @return The SessionFactory being built
	 */
	public SessionFactoryImplementor getSessionFactory();

	
Access the ServiceRegistry specific to the SessionFactory being built.
Returns:
The SessionFactoryServiceRegistry/**
	 * Access the ServiceRegistry specific to the SessionFactory being built.
	 *
	 * @return The SessionFactoryServiceRegistry
	 */
	public SessionFactoryServiceRegistry getServiceRegistry();
}