cified type allowing access to provider-specific APIs.
 <p>
 If the Jakarta Validation provider implementation does not support the specified class,
 a <a href="../ValidationException.html" title="class in jakarta.validation"><code>ValidationException</code></a> is thrown.</div>
<dl class="notes">
<dt>Type Parameters:</dt>
<dd><code>U</code> - the type of the object to be returned</dd>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd><code>type</code> - the class of the object to be returned</dd>
<dt>Returns:</dt>
<dd>an instance 