>Returns:</span></dt>
<dd>returns an instance of <a href="../../jakarta/validation/BootstrapConfiguration.html" title="interface in jakarta.validation"><code>BootstrapConfiguration</code></a>; this method never
         returns <code>null</code>; if there is no <code>META-INF/validation.xml</code> the
         different getters of the returned instance will return <code>null</code>
         respectively an empty set or map</dd>
<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Since:</span></dt>
<dd>1.1</dd>
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