l configuration methods</dd>
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<div class="type-signature"><span class="modifiers">public interface </span><span class="element-name type-name-label">ValidationProvider&lt;T extends <a href="../Configuration.html" title="interface in jakarta.validation">Configuration</a>&lt;T&gt;&gt;</span></div>
<div class="block">Contract between the validation bootstrap mechanism and the provider engine.
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 Implementations must have a public no-arg constructor. The construction of a provider
 should be as "li