Package org.hibernate.validator.internal.metadata.provider

Abstraction of the meta data sources - annotation, xml, programmatic.

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
MetaDataProvider	A provider for constraint related meta data such as constraints, default group sequences etc.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AnnotationMetaDataProvider	MetaDataProvider which reads the metadata from annotations which is the default configuration source.
ProgrammaticMetaDataProvider	A MetaDataProvider based on the programmatic constraint API.
XmlMetaDataProvider	A MetaDataProvider providing constraint related meta data based on XML descriptors as defined by the Bean Validation API.