A validator that picks up the validation configuration from the annotations on the various bean classes. A validator that picks up the validation configuration from the external validation configuration files. These configuration files are expected to be validation xml documents as defined by the <validation> element in this namespace. Holds registrations of property and class element handlers. Holds registrations of property and class annotation handlers. Represents a handler (class or property) that can handle an annotation or element. Indicates a single resource that should be loaded The location of the resource. This path follows the spring resource description rules (i.e. file, http, classpath, and classpath* are supported. Indicates the directory path where the resources should be loaded from Ant-like pattern that indicates what files should be loaded from the specified directory. Only file with names that match the set pattern will be loaded. The name of the function as it will be used in the valang expression. The fully qualified class name of the function. The regular expression to be match with the date expression. The date pattern (i.e. SimpleDateFormat style) that represents the date expression.