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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;
+
+/**
+ * Entry point for the Validator component.
+ *
+ * @author Bernhard Schussek <bschussek@gmail.com>
+ */
+final class Validation
+{
+ /**
+ * The Validator API provided by Symfony 2.4 and older.
+ *
+ * @deprecated use API_VERSION_2_5_BC instead.
+ */
+ const API_VERSION_2_4 = 1;
+
+ /**
+ * The Validator API provided by Symfony 2.5 and newer.
+ */
+ const API_VERSION_2_5 = 2;
+
+ /**
+ * The Validator API provided by Symfony 2.5 and newer with a backwards
+ * compatibility layer for 2.4 and older.
+ */
+ const API_VERSION_2_5_BC = 3;
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a new validator.
+ *
+ * If you want to configure the validator, use
+ * {@link createValidatorBuilder()} instead.
+ *
+ * @return ValidatorInterface The new validator
+ */
+ public static function createValidator()
+ {
+ return self::createValidatorBuilder()->getValidator();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Creates a configurable builder for validator objects.
+ *
+ * @return ValidatorBuilderInterface The new builder
+ */
+ public static function createValidatorBuilder()
+ {
+ return new ValidatorBuilder();
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * This class cannot be instantiated.
+ */
+ private function __construct()
+ {
+ }
+}