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 package org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary.validation.constraint.resolver;

 import java.util.List;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary.validation.capability.Constrainable;

 import org.kuali.rice.kns.datadictionary.validation.constraint.Constraint;

 /**

  * An interface that provides a lookup of constraints for a specific constrainable attribute definition. Implemented by constraint

  * providers as a mechanism to store functional lookups in a map, keyed by constraint type, for example. 

  * 

  * {@see AttributeDefinitionConstraintProvider} for a number of examples. 

  * 

  * @author Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

  * @param <T>

  * @since 1.1

  */

 public interface ConstraintResolver<T extends Constrainable> {

         public <C extends Constraint> List<C> resolve(T definition);

 }