s://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/lang/Class.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Class</a>&lt;T&gt;&nbsp;type)</pre>
<div class="block">Returns an instance of the specified type allowing access to
 provider-specific APIs.
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 If the Jakarta Bean Validation provider implementation does not support
 the specified class, <a href="../../javax/validation/ValidationException.html" title="class in javax.validation"><code>ValidationException</code></a> is thrown.</div>
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