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package org.hibernate.validator;

import javax.validation.ValidatorFactory;

/**
 * Provides Hibernate Validator extensions to {@link ValidatorFactory}.
 *
 * @author Emmanuel Bernard
 * @author Kevin Pollet <kevin.pollet@serli.com> (C) 2011 SERLI
 */
public interface HibernateValidatorFactory extends ValidatorFactory {

	/**
	 * Returns a context for validator configuration via options from the
	 * Bean Validation API as well as specific ones from Hibernate Validator.
	 *
	 * @return A context for validator configuration.
	 */
	HibernateValidatorContext usingContext();
}
