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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the Symfony package.
+ *
+ * (c) Fabien Potencier <fabien@symfony.com>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Symfony\Component\Validator;
+
+/**
+ * Specifies an object able to return the correct ConstraintValidatorInterface
+ * instance given a Constraint object.
+ */
+interface ConstraintValidatorFactoryInterface
+{
+ /**
+ * Given a Constraint, this returns the ConstraintValidatorInterface
+ * object that should be used to verify its validity.
+ *
+ * @param Constraint $constraint The source constraint
+ *
+ * @return ConstraintValidatorInterface
+ */
+ public function getInstance(Constraint $constraint);
+}