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[09/17] bval git commit: BV2: new metadata model

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/bval/blob/59bd964b/bval-jsr/src/main/java/org/apache/bval/jsr/metadata/ReflectionBuilder.java
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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ *  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ *  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ *  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.bval.jsr.metadata;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;
+import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedParameterizedType;
+import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedType;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.Executable;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Parameter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.EnumMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import javax.validation.GroupSequence;
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+import javax.validation.constraintvalidation.ValidationTarget;
+import javax.validation.groups.ConvertGroup;
+
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.ApacheValidatorFactory;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.ConstraintAnnotationAttributes;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.descriptor.GroupConversion;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.util.AnnotationsManager;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.util.Methods;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.util.ToUnmodifiable;
+import org.apache.bval.util.ObjectUtils;
+import org.apache.bval.util.Validate;
+import org.apache.bval.util.reflection.Reflection;
+import org.apache.commons.weaver.privilizer.Privilizing;
+import org.apache.commons.weaver.privilizer.Privilizing.CallTo;
+
+@Privilizing(@CallTo(Reflection.class))
+public class ReflectionBuilder {
+
+    private class ForBean implements MetadataBuilder.ForBean {
+        private final Metas<Class<?>> meta;
+
+        ForBean(Metas<Class<?>> meta) {
+            super();
+            this.meta = Validate.notNull(meta, "meta");
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public MetadataBuilder.ForClass getClass(Metas<Class<?>> ignored) {
+            return new ReflectionBuilder.ForClass(meta);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Map<String, MetadataBuilder.ForContainer<Field>> getFields(Metas<Class<?>> ignored) {
+            final Field[] declaredFields = Reflection.getDeclaredFields(meta.getHost());
+            if (declaredFields.length == 0) {
+                return Collections.emptyMap();
+            }
+            return Stream.of(declaredFields).collect(
+                Collectors.toMap(Field::getName, f -> new ReflectionBuilder.ForContainer<>(new Metas.ForField(f))));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Map<String, MetadataBuilder.ForContainer<Method>> getGetters(Metas<Class<?>> ignored) {
+            return Stream.of(Reflection.getDeclaredMethods(meta.getHost())).filter(Methods::isGetter)
+                .collect(ToUnmodifiable.map(Methods::propertyName,
+                    g -> new ReflectionBuilder.ForContainer<>(new Metas.ForMethod(g))));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Map<Signature, MetadataBuilder.ForExecutable<Constructor<?>>> getConstructors(Metas<Class<?>> ignored) {
+            final Constructor<?>[] declaredConstructors = Reflection.getDeclaredConstructors(meta.getHost());
+            if (declaredConstructors.length == 0) {
+                return Collections.emptyMap();
+            }
+            return Stream.of(declaredConstructors).collect(
+                Collectors.toMap(Signature::of, c -> new ReflectionBuilder.ForExecutable<>(new Metas.ForConstructor(c),
+                    validatorFactory.getParameterNameProvider()::getParameterNames)));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Map<Signature, MetadataBuilder.ForExecutable<Method>> getMethods(Metas<Class<?>> ignored) {
+            final Method[] declaredMethods = Reflection.getDeclaredMethods(meta.getHost());
+            if (declaredMethods.length == 0) {
+                return Collections.emptyMap();
+            }
+            return Stream.of(declaredMethods).filter(((Predicate<Method>) Methods::isGetter).negate()).collect(
+                Collectors.toMap(Signature::of, m -> new ReflectionBuilder.ForExecutable<>(new Metas.ForMethod(m),
+                    validatorFactory.getParameterNameProvider()::getParameterNames)));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private abstract class ForElement<E extends AnnotatedElement> implements MetadataBuilder.ForElement<E> {
+        final Metas<E> meta;
+
+        ForElement(Metas<E> meta) {
+            super();
+            this.meta = Validate.notNull(meta, "meta");
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Annotation[] getDeclaredConstraints(Metas<E> ignored) {
+            return AnnotationsManager.getDeclaredConstraints(meta);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ForClass extends ForElement<Class<?>> implements MetadataBuilder.ForClass {
+
+        ForClass(Metas<Class<?>> meta) {
+            super(meta);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public List<Class<?>> getGroupSequence(Metas<Class<?>> ignored) {
+            final GroupSequence groupSequence = meta.getHost().getAnnotation(GroupSequence.class);
+            return groupSequence == null ? null : Collections.unmodifiableList(Arrays.asList(groupSequence.value()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ForContainer<E extends AnnotatedElement> extends ReflectionBuilder.ForElement<E>
+        implements MetadataBuilder.ForContainer<E> {
+
+        ForContainer(Metas<E> meta) {
+            super(meta);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Map<ContainerElementKey, MetadataBuilder.ForContainer<AnnotatedType>> getContainerElementTypes(
+            Metas<E> ignored) {
+            final AnnotatedType annotatedType = meta.getAnnotatedType();
+            if (annotatedType instanceof AnnotatedParameterizedType) {
+
+                final AnnotatedParameterizedType container = (AnnotatedParameterizedType) annotatedType;
+
+                final Map<ContainerElementKey, MetadataBuilder.ForContainer<AnnotatedType>> result = new TreeMap<>();
+
+                final AnnotatedType[] typeArgs = container.getAnnotatedActualTypeArguments();
+                for (int i = 0; i < typeArgs.length; i++) {
+                    ContainerElementKey key = new ContainerElementKey(container, i);
+                    result.put(key, new ReflectionBuilder.ForContainer<>(new Metas.ForContainerElement(meta, key)));
+                }
+                return result;
+            }
+            return Collections.emptyMap();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isCascade(Metas<E> ignored) {
+            return meta.getHost().isAnnotationPresent(Valid.class);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Set<GroupConversion> getGroupConversions(Metas<E> ignored) {
+            return Stream.of(meta.getHost().getDeclaredAnnotationsByType(ConvertGroup.class))
+                .map(cg -> GroupConversion.from(cg.from()).to(cg.to())).collect(ToUnmodifiable.set());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ForExecutable<E extends Executable> implements MetadataBuilder.ForExecutable<E> {
+
+        final Metas<E> meta;
+        final Function<E, List<String>> getParameterNames;
+
+        ForExecutable(Metas<E> meta, Function<E, List<String>> getParameterNames) {
+            super();
+            this.meta = Validate.notNull(meta, "meta");
+            this.getParameterNames = Validate.notNull(getParameterNames, "getParameterNames");
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public List<MetadataBuilder.ForContainer<Parameter>> getParameters(Metas<E> ignored) {
+            final Parameter[] parameters = meta.getHost().getParameters();
+            if (parameters.length == 0) {
+                return Collections.emptyList();
+            }
+            final List<String> parameterNames = getParameterNames.apply(meta.getHost());
+
+            return IntStream.range(0, parameters.length).mapToObj(
+                n -> new ReflectionBuilder.ForContainer<>(new Metas.ForParameter(parameters[n], parameterNames.get(n))))
+                .collect(ToUnmodifiable.list());
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public ForContainer<E> getReturnValue(Metas<E> ignored) {
+            return new ReflectionBuilder.ForContainer<E>(meta) {
+
+                @Override
+                public Annotation[] getDeclaredConstraints(Metas<E> meta) {
+                    return getConstraints(meta, ValidationTarget.ANNOTATED_ELEMENT);
+                }
+            };
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public MetadataBuilder.ForElement<E> getCrossParameter(Metas<E> ignored) {
+            return new ReflectionBuilder.ForElement<E>(meta) {
+                @Override
+                public Annotation[] getDeclaredConstraints(Metas<E> meta) {
+                    return getConstraints(meta, ValidationTarget.PARAMETERS);
+                }
+            };
+        }
+
+        private Annotation[] getConstraints(Metas<E> ignored, ValidationTarget validationTarget) {
+            return Optional.of(getConstraintsByTarget(meta)).map(m -> m.get(validationTarget))
+                .map(l -> l.toArray(new Annotation[l.size()])).orElse(ObjectUtils.EMPTY_ANNOTATION_ARRAY);
+        }
+
+        private Map<ValidationTarget, List<Annotation>> getConstraintsByTarget(Metas<E> ignored) {
+            final Annotation[] declaredConstraints = AnnotationsManager.getDeclaredConstraints(meta);
+            if (ObjectUtils.isEmpty(declaredConstraints)) {
+                return Collections.emptyMap();
+            }
+            final Map<ValidationTarget, List<Annotation>> result = new EnumMap<>(ValidationTarget.class);
+
+            for (Annotation constraint : declaredConstraints) {
+                final Class<? extends Annotation> constraintType = constraint.annotationType();
+                final Optional<ValidationTarget> explicitTarget =
+                    Optional.of(ConstraintAnnotationAttributes.VALIDATION_APPLIES_TO.analyze(constraintType))
+                        .filter(ConstraintAnnotationAttributes.Worker::isValid).map(w -> w.read(constraint));
+
+                final ValidationTarget target = explicitTarget.orElseGet(() -> {
+                    final Set<ValidationTarget> supportedTargets =
+                        validatorFactory.getAnnotationsManager().supportedTargets(constraintType);
+
+                    Validate.validState(supportedTargets.size() == 1,
+                        "Found %d possible %s types for constraint type %s and no explicit assignment via #%s()",
+                        supportedTargets.size(), ValidationTarget.class.getSimpleName(), constraintType.getName(),
+                        ConstraintAnnotationAttributes.VALIDATION_APPLIES_TO.getAttributeName());
+
+                    return supportedTargets.iterator().next();
+                });
+                result.computeIfAbsent(target, k -> new ArrayList<>()).add(constraint);
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private final ApacheValidatorFactory validatorFactory;
+
+    public ReflectionBuilder(ApacheValidatorFactory validatorFactory) {
+        super();
+        this.validatorFactory = Validate.notNull(validatorFactory, "validatorFactory");
+    }
+
+    public <T> MetadataBuilder.ForBean forBean(Class<?> beanClass) {
+        return new ReflectionBuilder.ForBean(new Metas.ForClass(beanClass));
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ *  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ *  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ *  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.bval.jsr.metadata;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Executable;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import org.apache.bval.util.Lazy;
+import org.apache.bval.util.LazyInt;
+import org.apache.bval.util.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.bval.util.Validate;
+
+public final class Signature {
+    public static Signature of(Executable x) {
+        return new Signature(x.getName(), x.getParameterTypes());
+    }
+
+    private final String name;
+    private final Class<?>[] parameterTypes;
+    private final LazyInt hashCode;
+    private final Lazy<String> toString;
+
+    public Signature(String name, Class<?>... parameterTypes) {
+        super();
+        this.name = Validate.notNull(name, "name");
+        Validate.isTrue(StringUtils.isNotBlank(name), "name is blank");
+        this.parameterTypes = Validate.notNull(parameterTypes, "parameterTypes").clone();
+        hashCode = new LazyInt(() -> Arrays.deepHashCode(new Object[] { this.name, this.parameterTypes }));
+        toString = new Lazy<>(() -> String.format("%s: %s(%s)", getClass().getSimpleName(), this.name,
+            Stream.of(this.parameterTypes).map(Class::getName).collect(Collectors.joining(", "))));
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public Class<?>[] getParameterTypes() {
+        return parameterTypes.clone();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        return obj == this || Optional.ofNullable(obj).filter(Signature.class::isInstance).map(Signature.class::cast)
+            .filter(sig -> Objects.equals(name, sig.name) && Objects.deepEquals(parameterTypes, sig.parameterTypes))
+            .isPresent();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return hashCode.getAsInt();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return toString.get();
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ *  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ *  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ *  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.bval.jsr.metadata;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import javax.validation.ConstraintValidator;
+
+import org.apache.bval.util.Validate;
+
+public class ValidatorMapping<A extends Annotation> implements HasAnnotationBehavior {
+    @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
+    private static final ValidatorMapping EMPTY = new ValidatorMapping("empty", Collections.emptyList());
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    public static <A extends Annotation> ValidatorMapping<A> empty() {
+        return EMPTY;
+    }
+
+    public static <A extends Annotation> ValidatorMapping<A> merge(
+        List<? extends ValidatorMapping<A>> validatorMappings,
+        AnnotationBehaviorMergeStrategy annotationBehaviorMergeStrategy) {
+
+        final AnnotationBehavior behavior = annotationBehaviorMergeStrategy.apply(validatorMappings);
+
+        final List<? extends ValidatorMapping<A>> nonEmpty =
+            validatorMappings.stream().filter(m -> !m.isEmpty()).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+        if (nonEmpty.size() <= 1) {
+            // avoid creating the composite instance if behavior matches:
+            final ValidatorMapping<A> simpleResult = nonEmpty.isEmpty() ? empty() : nonEmpty.get(0);
+
+            if (simpleResult.hasBehavior(behavior)) {
+                return simpleResult;
+            }
+        }
+        final String source =
+            nonEmpty.stream().map(ValidatorMapping::getSource).collect(Collectors.joining(";", "[", "]"));
+
+        return new ValidatorMapping<>(source, nonEmpty.stream().map(ValidatorMapping::getValidatorTypes)
+            .flatMap(Collection::stream).distinct().collect(Collectors.toList()), behavior);
+    }
+
+    private final String source;
+    private final List<Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<A, ?>>> validatorTypes;
+    private final AnnotationBehavior annotationBehavior;
+
+    public ValidatorMapping(String source, List<Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<A, ?>>> validatorTypes) {
+        this(source, validatorTypes, AnnotationBehavior.ABSTAIN);
+    }
+
+    public ValidatorMapping(String source, List<Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<A, ?>>> validatorTypes,
+        AnnotationBehavior annotationBehavior) {
+        this.source = Objects.toString(source, "unspecified");
+        this.validatorTypes = Collections.unmodifiableList(Validate.notNull(validatorTypes, "validatorTypes"));
+        this.annotationBehavior = Validate.notNull(annotationBehavior, "annotationBehavior");
+    }
+
+    public List<Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<A, ?>>> getValidatorTypes() {
+        return validatorTypes;
+    }
+
+    public AnnotationBehavior getAnnotationBehavior() {
+        return annotationBehavior;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isEmpty() {
+        return validatorTypes.isEmpty();
+    }
+
+    public String getSource() {
+        return source;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (obj == this) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (!getClass().isInstance(obj)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        final ValidatorMapping<?> other = (ValidatorMapping<?>) obj;
+        return getSource().equals(other.getSource()) && getAnnotationBehavior() == other.getAnnotationBehavior()
+            && getValidatorTypes().equals(other.getValidatorTypes());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        return Objects.hash(getSource(), getAnnotationBehavior(), getValidatorTypes());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return String.format("%s[source: %s; annotationBehavior: %s; validatorTypes: %s]",
+            ValidatorMapping.class.getSimpleName(), getSource(), getAnnotationBehavior(), getValidatorTypes());
+    }
+
+    public boolean hasBehavior(AnnotationBehavior annotationBehavior) {
+        return getAnnotationBehavior() == annotationBehavior;
+    }
+}
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.bval.jsr.metadata;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import javax.validation.ConstraintDefinitionException;
+import javax.validation.ConstraintValidator;
+
+import org.apache.bval.util.Exceptions;
+import org.apache.bval.util.reflection.TypeUtils;
+
+public abstract class ValidatorMappingProvider {
+
+    public final <A extends Annotation> ValidatorMapping<A> getValidatorMapping(Class<A> constraintType) {
+        final Optional<ValidatorMapping<A>> result =
+            Optional.ofNullable(this.<A> doGetValidatorMapping(constraintType));
+        if (result.isPresent()) {
+            for (Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<A, ?>> t : result.get().getValidatorTypes()) {
+                final Type constraintParameter = TypeUtils.getTypeArguments(t, ConstraintValidator.class)
+                    .get(ConstraintValidator.class.getTypeParameters()[0]);
+
+                Exceptions.raiseUnless(constraintType.equals(constraintParameter), ConstraintDefinitionException::new,
+                    "%s %s expected first type parameter of %s, %s; source %s", ConstraintValidator.class, t,
+                    constraintType, constraintParameter, result.get().getSource());
+            }
+            return result.get();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    protected abstract <A extends Annotation> ValidatorMapping<A> doGetValidatorMapping(Class<A> constraintType);
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ *  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ *  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ *  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.bval.jsr.metadata;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedElement;
+import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedParameterizedType;
+import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedType;
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.Executable;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Parameter;
+import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.function.Predicate;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+
+import javax.validation.ConstraintDeclarationException;
+import javax.validation.ConstraintTarget;
+import javax.validation.Payload;
+import javax.validation.ValidationException;
+import javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement;
+
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.ConstraintAnnotationAttributes;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.descriptor.GroupConversion;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.util.AnnotationsManager;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.util.ToUnmodifiable;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.AnnotationProxyBuilder;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.AnnotationType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.BeanType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.ClassType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.ConstraintMappingsType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.ConstraintType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.ConstructorType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.ContainerElementTypeType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.CrossParameterType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.ElementType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.FieldType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.GetterType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.GroupConversionType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.GroupSequenceType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.GroupsType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.MethodType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.ParameterType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.PayloadType;
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.ReturnValueType;
+import org.apache.bval.util.Exceptions;
+import org.apache.bval.util.Lazy;
+import org.apache.bval.util.ObjectUtils;
+import org.apache.bval.util.Validate;
+import org.apache.bval.util.reflection.Reflection;
+import org.apache.commons.weaver.privilizer.Privilizing;
+import org.apache.commons.weaver.privilizer.Privilizing.CallTo;
+
+@Privilizing(@CallTo(Reflection.class))
+public class XmlBuilder {
+    //@formatter:off
+    public enum Version {
+        v10("1.0"), v11("1.1"), v20("2.0");
+
+        final BigDecimal number;
+        private final String id;
+
+        private Version(String number) {
+            this.id = number;
+            this.number = new BigDecimal(number);
+        }
+
+        public String getId() {
+            return id;
+        }
+    }
+    //@formatter:on
+
+    private class ForBean implements MetadataBuilder.ForBean {
+
+        private final BeanType descriptor;
+
+        ForBean(BeanType descriptor) {
+            super();
+            this.descriptor = Validate.notNull(descriptor, "descriptor");
+        }
+
+        Class<?> getBeanClass() {
+            return resolveClass(descriptor.getClazz());
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public MetadataBuilder.ForClass getClass(Metas<Class<?>> meta) {
+            return new XmlBuilder.ForClass(descriptor.getClassType());
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Map<String, MetadataBuilder.ForContainer<Field>> getFields(Metas<Class<?>> meta) {
+            return descriptor.getField().stream()
+                .collect(ToUnmodifiable.map(FieldType::getName, XmlBuilder.ForField::new));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Map<String, MetadataBuilder.ForContainer<Method>> getGetters(Metas<Class<?>> meta) {
+            return descriptor.getGetter().stream()
+                .collect(ToUnmodifiable.map(GetterType::getName, XmlBuilder.ForGetter::new));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Map<Signature, MetadataBuilder.ForExecutable<Constructor<?>>> getConstructors(Metas<Class<?>> meta) {
+            if (!atLeast(Version.v11)) {
+                return Collections.emptyMap();
+            }
+            final Function<ConstructorType, Class<?>[]> params = ct -> ct.getParameter().stream()
+                .map(ParameterType::getType).map(XmlBuilder.this::resolveClass).toArray(Class[]::new);
+
+            final Function<ConstructorType, Signature> signature =
+                ct -> new Signature(meta.getHost().getSimpleName(), params.apply(ct));
+
+            return descriptor.getConstructor().stream()
+                .collect(Collectors.toMap(signature, XmlBuilder.ForConstructor::new));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Map<Signature, MetadataBuilder.ForExecutable<Method>> getMethods(Metas<Class<?>> meta) {
+            if (!atLeast(Version.v11)) {
+                return Collections.emptyMap();
+            }
+            final Function<MethodType, Class<?>[]> params = mt -> mt.getParameter().stream().map(ParameterType::getType)
+                .map(XmlBuilder.this::resolveClass).toArray(Class[]::new);
+
+            final Function<MethodType, Signature> signature = mt -> new Signature(mt.getName(), params.apply(mt));
+
+            return descriptor.getMethod().stream().collect(Collectors.toMap(signature, XmlBuilder.ForMethod::new));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public final AnnotationBehavior getAnnotationBehavior() {
+            return descriptor.getIgnoreAnnotations() ? AnnotationBehavior.EXCLUDE : AnnotationBehavior.INCLUDE;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class NonRootLevel<SELF extends NonRootLevel<SELF, D>, D> implements HasAnnotationBehavior {
+        protected final D descriptor;
+        private Lazy<Boolean> getIgnoreAnnotations;
+
+        public NonRootLevel(D descriptor) {
+            super();
+            this.descriptor = Validate.notNull(descriptor, "descriptor");
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public final AnnotationBehavior getAnnotationBehavior() {
+            return Optional.ofNullable(getIgnoreAnnotations).map(Lazy::get)
+                .map(b -> b.booleanValue() ? AnnotationBehavior.EXCLUDE : AnnotationBehavior.INCLUDE)
+                .orElse(AnnotationBehavior.ABSTAIN);
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        final SELF withGetIgnoreAnnotations(Function<D, Boolean> getIgnoreAnnotations) {
+            Validate.notNull(getIgnoreAnnotations);
+            this.getIgnoreAnnotations = new Lazy<>(() -> getIgnoreAnnotations.apply(descriptor));
+            return (SELF) this;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ForElement<SELF extends XmlBuilder.ForElement<SELF, E, D>, E extends AnnotatedElement, D>
+        extends NonRootLevel<SELF, D> implements MetadataBuilder.ForElement<E> {
+
+        private Lazy<Annotation[]> getDeclaredConstraints;
+
+        ForElement(D descriptor) {
+            super(descriptor);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public final Annotation[] getDeclaredConstraints(Metas<E> meta) {
+            return lazy(getDeclaredConstraints, "getDeclaredConstraints");
+        }
+
+        final SELF withGetConstraintTypes(Function<D, List<ConstraintType>> getConstraintTypes) {
+            return withGetDeclaredConstraints(getConstraintTypes
+                .andThen(l -> l.stream().map(XmlBuilder.this::createConstraint).toArray(Annotation[]::new)));
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        final SELF withGetDeclaredConstraints(Function<D, Annotation[]> getDeclaredConstraints) {
+            this.getDeclaredConstraints = new Lazy<>(() -> getDeclaredConstraints.apply(descriptor));
+            return (SELF) this;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ForClass extends ForElement<ForClass, Class<?>, ClassType> implements MetadataBuilder.ForClass {
+
+        ForClass(ClassType descriptor) {
+            super(descriptor);
+            this.withGetConstraintTypes(ct -> ct.getConstraint());
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public List<Class<?>> getGroupSequence(Metas<Class<?>> meta) {
+            final GroupSequenceType groupSequence = descriptor.getGroupSequence();
+            return groupSequence == null ? null
+                : groupSequence.getValue().stream().map(XmlBuilder.this::resolveClass).collect(ToUnmodifiable.list());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ForContainer<SELF extends XmlBuilder.ForContainer<SELF, E, D>, E extends AnnotatedElement, D>
+        extends XmlBuilder.ForElement<SELF, E, D> implements MetadataBuilder.ForContainer<E> {
+
+        private Lazy<Boolean> isCascade;
+        private Lazy<Set<GroupConversion>> getGroupConversions;
+        private Lazy<List<ContainerElementTypeType>> getContainerElementTypes;
+
+        ForContainer(D descriptor) {
+            super(descriptor);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isCascade(Metas<E> meta) {
+            return lazy(isCascade, "isCascade").booleanValue();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Set<GroupConversion> getGroupConversions(Metas<E> meta) {
+            return lazy(getGroupConversions, "getGroupConversions");
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Map<ContainerElementKey, MetadataBuilder.ForContainer<AnnotatedType>> getContainerElementTypes(
+            Metas<E> meta) {
+            if (!atLeast(Version.v20)) {
+                return Collections.emptyMap();
+            }
+            final List<ContainerElementTypeType> elements = lazy(getContainerElementTypes, "getContainerElementTypes");
+            final AnnotatedType annotatedType = meta.getAnnotatedType();
+            final E host = meta.getHost();
+
+            if (annotatedType instanceof AnnotatedParameterizedType) {
+                final AnnotatedType[] actualTypeArguments =
+                    ((AnnotatedParameterizedType) annotatedType).getAnnotatedActualTypeArguments();
+
+                return elements.stream().collect(ToUnmodifiable.map(cet -> {
+                    Integer typeArgumentIndex = cet.getTypeArgumentIndex();
+                    if (typeArgumentIndex == null) {
+                        Exceptions.raiseIf(actualTypeArguments.length > 1, ValidationException::new,
+                            "Missing required type argument index for %s", host);
+                        typeArgumentIndex = Integer.valueOf(0);
+                    }
+                    return new ContainerElementKey((AnnotatedParameterizedType) annotatedType, typeArgumentIndex);
+                }, XmlBuilder.ForContainerElementType::new));
+            }
+            Exceptions.raiseUnless(elements.isEmpty(), ValidationException::new,
+                "Illegally specified %d container element type(s) for %s", elements.size(), host);
+
+            return Collections.emptyMap();
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        SELF withGetValid(Function<D, String> getValid) {
+            Validate.notNull(getValid);
+            this.isCascade = new Lazy<>(() -> getValid.apply(descriptor) != null);
+            return (SELF) this;
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        SELF withGetGroupConversions(Function<D, List<GroupConversionType>> getGroupConversions) {
+            Validate.notNull(getGroupConversions);
+
+            this.getGroupConversions = new Lazy<>(() -> {
+                return getGroupConversions.apply(descriptor).stream().map(gc -> {
+                    final Class<?> source = resolveClass(gc.getFrom());
+                    final Class<?> target = resolveClass(gc.getTo());
+                    return GroupConversion.from(source).to(target);
+                }).collect(ToUnmodifiable.set());
+            });
+            return (SELF) this;
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        SELF withGetContainerElementTypes(Function<D, List<ContainerElementTypeType>> getContainerElementTypes) {
+            Validate.notNull(getContainerElementTypes);
+            this.getContainerElementTypes = new Lazy<>(() -> getContainerElementTypes.apply(descriptor));
+            return (SELF) this;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ForContainerElementType
+        extends ForContainer<ForContainerElementType, AnnotatedType, ContainerElementTypeType> {
+
+        ForContainerElementType(ContainerElementTypeType descriptor) {
+            super(descriptor);
+            this.withGetConstraintTypes(ContainerElementTypeType::getConstraint)
+                .withGetValid(ContainerElementTypeType::getValid)
+                .withGetGroupConversions(ContainerElementTypeType::getConvertGroup)
+                .withGetContainerElementTypes(ContainerElementTypeType::getContainerElementType);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ForField extends XmlBuilder.ForContainer<ForField, Field, FieldType> {
+
+        ForField(FieldType descriptor) {
+            super(descriptor);
+            this.withGetIgnoreAnnotations(FieldType::getIgnoreAnnotations)
+                .withGetConstraintTypes(FieldType::getConstraint).withGetValid(FieldType::getValid)
+                .withGetGroupConversions(FieldType::getConvertGroup)
+                .withGetContainerElementTypes(FieldType::getContainerElementType);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ForGetter extends XmlBuilder.ForContainer<ForGetter, Method, GetterType> {
+
+        ForGetter(GetterType descriptor) {
+            super(descriptor);
+            this.withGetIgnoreAnnotations(GetterType::getIgnoreAnnotations)
+                .withGetConstraintTypes(GetterType::getConstraint).withGetValid(GetterType::getValid)
+                .withGetGroupConversions(GetterType::getConvertGroup)
+                .withGetContainerElementTypes(GetterType::getContainerElementType);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private abstract class ForExecutable<SELF extends ForExecutable<SELF, E, D>, E extends Executable, D>
+        extends NonRootLevel<SELF, D> implements MetadataBuilder.ForExecutable<E> {
+
+        Lazy<ReturnValueType> getReturnValue;
+        Lazy<CrossParameterType> getCrossParameter;
+        Lazy<List<ParameterType>> getParameters;
+
+        ForExecutable(D descriptor) {
+            super(descriptor);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public MetadataBuilder.ForElement<E> getCrossParameter(Metas<E> meta) {
+            return new XmlBuilder.ForCrossParameter<>(lazy(getCrossParameter, "getCrossParameter"));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public MetadataBuilder.ForContainer<E> getReturnValue(Metas<E> meta) {
+            return new XmlBuilder.ForReturnValue<>(lazy(getReturnValue, "getReturnValue"));
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public List<MetadataBuilder.ForContainer<Parameter>> getParameters(Metas<E> meta) {
+            return lazy(getParameters, "getParameters").stream().map(XmlBuilder.ForParameter::new)
+                .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        SELF withGetReturnValue(Function<D, ReturnValueType> getReturnValue) {
+            Validate.notNull(getReturnValue);
+            this.getReturnValue = new Lazy<>(() -> getReturnValue.apply(descriptor));
+            return (SELF) this;
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        SELF withGetCrossParameter(Function<D, CrossParameterType> getCrossParameter) {
+            Validate.notNull(getCrossParameter);
+            this.getCrossParameter = new Lazy<>(() -> getCrossParameter.apply(descriptor));
+            return (SELF) this;
+        }
+
+        @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+        SELF withGetParameters(Function<D, List<ParameterType>> getParameters) {
+            Validate.notNull(getParameters);
+            this.getParameters = new Lazy<>(() -> getParameters.apply(descriptor));
+            return (SELF) this;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ForConstructor extends ForExecutable<ForConstructor, Constructor<?>, ConstructorType> {
+
+        ForConstructor(ConstructorType descriptor) {
+            super(descriptor);
+            this.withGetIgnoreAnnotations(ConstructorType::getIgnoreAnnotations)
+                .withGetReturnValue(ConstructorType::getReturnValue)
+                .withGetCrossParameter(ConstructorType::getCrossParameter)
+                .withGetParameters(ConstructorType::getParameter);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ForMethod extends ForExecutable<ForMethod, Method, MethodType> {
+
+        ForMethod(MethodType descriptor) {
+            super(descriptor);
+            this.withGetIgnoreAnnotations(MethodType::getIgnoreAnnotations)
+                .withGetReturnValue(MethodType::getReturnValue).withGetCrossParameter(MethodType::getCrossParameter)
+                .withGetParameters(MethodType::getParameter);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ForParameter extends ForContainer<ForParameter, Parameter, ParameterType> {
+
+        ForParameter(ParameterType descriptor) {
+            super(descriptor);
+            this.withGetIgnoreAnnotations(ParameterType::getIgnoreAnnotations)
+                .withGetConstraintTypes(ParameterType::getConstraint).withGetValid(ParameterType::getValid)
+                .withGetGroupConversions(ParameterType::getConvertGroup)
+                .withGetContainerElementTypes(ParameterType::getContainerElementType);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ForCrossParameter<E extends Executable>
+        extends ForElement<ForCrossParameter<E>, E, CrossParameterType> {
+
+        ForCrossParameter(CrossParameterType descriptor) {
+            super(descriptor);
+            this.withGetIgnoreAnnotations(CrossParameterType::getIgnoreAnnotations)
+                .withGetDeclaredConstraints(d -> d.getConstraint().stream()
+                    .map(ct -> createConstraint(ct, ConstraintTarget.PARAMETERS)).toArray(Annotation[]::new));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private class ForReturnValue<E extends Executable> extends ForContainer<ForReturnValue<E>, E, ReturnValueType> {
+
+        ForReturnValue(ReturnValueType descriptor) {
+            super(descriptor);
+            this.withGetDeclaredConstraints(d -> d.getConstraint().stream()
+                .map(ct -> createConstraint(ct, ConstraintTarget.RETURN_VALUE)).toArray(Annotation[]::new))
+                .withGetContainerElementTypes(d -> d.getContainerElementType());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static final Set<ConstraintAnnotationAttributes> RESERVED_PARAMS = Collections
+        .unmodifiableSet(EnumSet.of(ConstraintAnnotationAttributes.GROUPS, ConstraintAnnotationAttributes.MESSAGE,
+            ConstraintAnnotationAttributes.PAYLOAD, ConstraintAnnotationAttributes.VALIDATION_APPLIES_TO));
+
+    static final <T> T lazy(Lazy<T> lazy, String name) {
+        Validate.validState(lazy != null, "%s not set", name);
+        return lazy.get();
+    }
+
+    private final ConstraintMappingsType constraintMappings;
+    private final BigDecimal version;
+
+    public XmlBuilder(ConstraintMappingsType constraintMappings) {
+        super();
+        this.constraintMappings = constraintMappings;
+        Validate.notNull(constraintMappings, "constraintMappings");
+
+        BigDecimal v;
+        try {
+            v = new BigDecimal(constraintMappings.getVersion());
+        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+            v = Version.v10.number;
+        }
+        this.version = v;
+    }
+
+    public Map<Class<?>, MetadataBuilder.ForBean> forBeans() {
+        return constraintMappings.getBean().stream().map(XmlBuilder.ForBean::new)
+            .collect(ToUnmodifiable.map(XmlBuilder.ForBean::getBeanClass, Function.identity()));
+    }
+
+    public String getDefaultPackage() {
+        return constraintMappings.getDefaultPackage();
+    }
+
+    boolean atLeast(Version v) {
+        return version.compareTo(v.number) >= 0;
+    }
+
+    <T> Class<T> resolveClass(String className) {
+        return loadClass(toQualifiedClassName(className));
+    }
+
+    private String toQualifiedClassName(String className) {
+        if (isQualifiedClass(className)) {
+            return className;
+        }
+        if (className.startsWith("[L") && className.endsWith(";")) {
+            return "[L" + getDefaultPackage() + "." + className.substring(2);
+        }
+        return getDefaultPackage() + "." + className;
+    }
+
+    private boolean isQualifiedClass(String clazz) {
+        return clazz.indexOf('.') >= 0;
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private <T> Class<T> loadClass(final String fqn) {
+        ClassLoader loader = Reflection.getClassLoader(XmlBuilder.class);
+        if (loader == null) {
+            loader = getClass().getClassLoader();
+        }
+        try {
+            return (Class<T>) Class.forName(fqn, true, loader);
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
+            throw Exceptions.create(ValidationException::new, ex, "Unable to load class: %d", fqn);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private Class<?>[] loadClasses(Supplier<Stream<String>> classNames) {
+        return streamClasses(classNames).toArray(Class[]::new);
+    }
+
+    private Stream<Class<?>> streamClasses(Supplier<Stream<String>> classNames) {
+        return classNames.get().map(this::loadClass);
+    }
+
+    private <A extends Annotation, T> A createConstraint(final ConstraintType constraint) {
+        return createConstraint(constraint, ConstraintTarget.IMPLICIT);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private <A extends Annotation, T> A createConstraint(final ConstraintType constraint, ConstraintTarget target) {
+
+        final Class<A> annotationClass = (Class<A>) loadClass(toQualifiedClassName(constraint.getAnnotation()));
+        final AnnotationProxyBuilder<A> annoBuilder = new AnnotationProxyBuilder<A>(annotationClass);
+
+        if (constraint.getMessage() != null) {
+            annoBuilder.setMessage(constraint.getMessage());
+        }
+        annoBuilder.setGroups(getGroups(constraint.getGroups()));
+        annoBuilder.setPayload(getPayload(constraint.getPayload()));
+
+        if (AnnotationsManager.declaresAttribute(annotationClass,
+            ConstraintAnnotationAttributes.VALIDATION_APPLIES_TO.getAttributeName())) {
+            annoBuilder.setValidationAppliesTo(target);
+        }
+
+        for (final ElementType elementType : constraint.getElement()) {
+            final String name = elementType.getName();
+            checkValidName(name);
+
+            final Class<?> returnType = getAnnotationParameterType(annotationClass, name);
+            final Object elementValue = getElementValue(elementType, returnType);
+            annoBuilder.setValue(name, elementValue);
+        }
+        return annoBuilder.createAnnotation();
+    }
+
+    private void checkValidName(String name) {
+        Exceptions.raiseIf(RESERVED_PARAMS.stream().map(ConstraintAnnotationAttributes::getAttributeName)
+            .anyMatch(Predicate.isEqual(name)), ValidationException::new, "%s is a reserved parameter name.", name);
+    }
+
+    private <A extends Annotation> Class<?> getAnnotationParameterType(final Class<A> annotationClass,
+        final String name) {
+        final Method m = Reflection.getPublicMethod(annotationClass, name);
+        Exceptions.raiseIf(m == null, ValidationException::new,
+            "Annotation of type %s does not contain a parameter %s.", annotationClass.getName(), name);
+        return m.getReturnType();
+    }
+
+    private Object getElementValue(ElementType elementType, Class<?> returnType) {
+        removeEmptyContentElements(elementType);
+
+        final List<Serializable> content = elementType.getContent();
+        final int sz = content.size();
+        if (returnType.isArray()) {
+            final Object result = Array.newInstance(returnType.getComponentType(), sz);
+            for (int i = 0; i < sz; i++) {
+                Array.set(result, i, getSingleValue(content.get(i), returnType.getComponentType()));
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+        Exceptions.raiseIf(sz != 1, ValidationException::new,
+            "Attempt to specify an array where single value is expected.");
+
+        return getSingleValue(content.get(0), returnType);
+    }
+
+    private void removeEmptyContentElements(ElementType elementType) {
+        for (Iterator<Serializable> iter = elementType.getContent().iterator(); iter.hasNext();) {
+            final Serializable content = iter.next();
+            if (content instanceof String && ((String) content).matches("[\\n ].*")) {
+                iter.remove();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private Object getSingleValue(Serializable serializable, Class<?> returnType) {
+        if (serializable instanceof String) {
+            return convertToResultType(returnType, (String) serializable);
+        }
+        if (serializable instanceof JAXBElement<?>) {
+            final JAXBElement<?> elem = (JAXBElement<?>) serializable;
+            if (String.class.equals(elem.getDeclaredType())) {
+                return convertToResultType(returnType, (String) elem.getValue());
+            }
+            if (AnnotationType.class.equals(elem.getDeclaredType())) {
+                AnnotationType annotationType = (AnnotationType) elem.getValue();
+                try {
+                    return createAnnotation(annotationType, (Class<? extends Annotation>) returnType);
+                } catch (ClassCastException e) {
+                    throw new ValidationException("Unexpected parameter value");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        throw new ValidationException("Unexpected parameter value");
+    }
+
+    private Object convertToResultType(Class<?> returnType, String value) {
+        /**
+         * Class is represented by the fully qualified class name of the class. spec: Note that if the raw string is
+         * unqualified, default package is taken into account.
+         */
+        if (String.class.equals(returnType)) {
+            return value;
+        }
+        if (Class.class.equals(returnType)) {
+            return resolveClass(value);
+        }
+        if (returnType.isEnum()) {
+            try {
+                @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
+                final Enum e = Enum.valueOf(returnType.asSubclass(Enum.class), value);
+                return e;
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+                throw new ConstraintDeclarationException(e);
+            }
+        }
+        if (Byte.class.equals(returnType) || byte.class.equals(returnType)) {
+            // spec mandates it:
+            return Byte.parseByte(value);
+        }
+        if (Short.class.equals(returnType) || short.class.equals(returnType)) {
+            return Short.parseShort(value);
+        }
+        if (Integer.class.equals(returnType) || int.class.equals(returnType)) {
+            return Integer.parseInt(value);
+        }
+        if (Long.class.equals(returnType) || long.class.equals(returnType)) {
+            return Long.parseLong(value);
+        }
+        if (Float.class.equals(returnType) || float.class.equals(returnType)) {
+            return Float.parseFloat(value);
+        }
+        if (Double.class.equals(returnType) || double.class.equals(returnType)) {
+            return Double.parseDouble(value);
+        }
+        if (Boolean.class.equals(returnType) || boolean.class.equals(returnType)) {
+            return Boolean.parseBoolean(value);
+        }
+        if (Character.class.equals(returnType) || char.class.equals(returnType)) {
+            Exceptions.raiseIf(value.length() > 1, ConstraintDeclarationException::new,
+                "a char must have a length of 1");
+            return value.charAt(0);
+        }
+        return Exceptions.raise(ValidationException::new, "Unknown annotation value type %s", returnType.getName());
+    }
+
+    private <A extends Annotation> Annotation createAnnotation(AnnotationType annotationType, Class<A> returnType) {
+        final AnnotationProxyBuilder<A> metaAnnotation = new AnnotationProxyBuilder<>(returnType);
+        for (ElementType elementType : annotationType.getElement()) {
+            final String name = elementType.getName();
+            metaAnnotation.setValue(name, getElementValue(elementType, getAnnotationParameterType(returnType, name)));
+        }
+        return metaAnnotation.createAnnotation();
+    }
+
+    private Class<?>[] getGroups(GroupsType groupsType) {
+        if (groupsType == null) {
+            return ObjectUtils.EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY;
+        }
+        return loadClasses(groupsType.getValue()::stream);
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+    private Class<? extends Payload>[] getPayload(PayloadType payloadType) {
+        if (payloadType == null) {
+            return (Class<? extends Payload>[]) ObjectUtils.EMPTY_CLASS_ARRAY;
+        }
+        return streamClasses(payloadType.getValue()::stream).peek(pc -> {
+            Exceptions.raiseUnless(Payload.class.isAssignableFrom(pc), ConstraintDeclarationException::new,
+                "Specified payload class %s does not implement %s", pc.getName(), Payload.class.getName());
+        }).<Class<? extends Payload>> map(pc -> pc.asSubclass(Payload.class)).toArray(Class[]::new);
+    }
+}

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+/*
+ *  Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ *  contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ *  this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *  The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ *  (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ *  the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.bval.jsr.metadata;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.function.Function;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import javax.validation.ConstraintValidator;
+
+import org.apache.bval.jsr.xml.ValidatedByType;
+import org.apache.bval.util.Validate;
+
+public class XmlValidationMappingProvider extends ClassLoadingValidatorMappingProvider {
+    private static final Logger log = Logger.getLogger(XmlValidationMappingProvider.class.getName());
+
+    private final Map<Class<? extends Annotation>, ValidatedByType> config;
+    private final Function<String, String> classNameTransformer;
+
+    public XmlValidationMappingProvider(Map<Class<? extends Annotation>, ValidatedByType> validatorMappings,
+        Function<String, String> classNameTransformer) {
+        super();
+        this.config = Validate.notNull(validatorMappings, "validatorMappings");
+        this.classNameTransformer = Validate.notNull(classNameTransformer, "classNameTransformer");
+    }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
+    @Override
+    public <A extends Annotation> ValidatorMapping<A> doGetValidatorMapping(Class<A> constraintType) {
+        final ValidatedByType validatedByType = config.get(constraintType);
+        if (validatedByType == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return new ValidatorMapping<>("XML descriptor",
+            load(validatedByType.getValue().stream().map(String::trim).map(classNameTransformer),
+                (Class<ConstraintValidator<A, ?>>) (Class) ConstraintValidator.class,
+                e -> log.log(Level.SEVERE, "exception loading XML-declared constraint validators", e))
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList()),
+            toAnnotationBehavior(validatedByType));
+    }
+
+    private AnnotationBehavior toAnnotationBehavior(ValidatedByType validatedByType) {
+        final Boolean includeExistingValidators = validatedByType.getIncludeExistingValidators();
+        return includeExistingValidators == null ? AnnotationBehavior.ABSTAIN
+            : includeExistingValidators.booleanValue() ? AnnotationBehavior.INCLUDE : AnnotationBehavior.EXCLUDE;
+    }
+}