ConstraintValidatorFactory (Jakarta EE Platform API)

```
public interface ConstraintValidatorFactory
```
Instantiates a ConstraintValidator instance based off its class. The ConstraintValidatorFactory is not responsible for calling ConstraintValidator.initialize(java.lang.annotation.Annotation).

Author:

Dhanji R. Prasanna, Emmanuel Bernard, Hardy Ferentschik

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<T extends ConstraintValidator<?,?>> T`	`getInstance(Class<T> key)`
`void`	`releaseInstance(ConstraintValidator<?,?> instance)`	Signals `ConstraintValidatorFactory` that the instance is no longer being used by the Jakarta Bean Validation provider.

- Method Detail
  - getInstance
```
<T extends ConstraintValidator<?,?>> T getInstance(Class<T> key)
```
    Type Parameters:
    
    T - The type of the constraint validator to instantiate
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - The class of the constraint validator to instantiate
    
    Returns:
    
    A new constraint validator instance of the specified class
  - releaseInstance
```
void releaseInstance(ConstraintValidator<?,?> instance)
```
    Signals ConstraintValidatorFactory that the instance is no longer being used by the Jakarta Bean Validation provider.
    
    Parameters:
    
    instance - validator being released
    
    Since:
    
    1.1