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Posted to commits@tamaya.apache.org by an...@apache.org on 2018/01/14 21:21:13 UTC

[3/3] incubator-tamaya-sandbox git commit: Adapted to comply with JSR API.

Adapted to comply with JSR API.

Signed-off-by: Anatole Tresch <an...@apache.org>


Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/commit/54b627b9
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/tree/54b627b9
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/diff/54b627b9

Branch: refs/heads/configjsr
Commit: 54b627b951ea201fe82f7765de1713cccea8d373
Parents: 117c0a9
Author: Anatole Tresch <an...@apache.org>
Authored: Sun Jan 14 22:20:55 2018 +0100
Committer: Anatole Tresch <an...@apache.org>
Committed: Sun Jan 14 22:20:55 2018 +0100

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 .../apache/tamaya/validation/ConfigModel.java   |  78 -----
 .../tamaya/validation/ConfigModelManager.java   | 298 -------------------
 .../apache/tamaya/validation/ModelTarget.java   |  37 ---
 .../apache/tamaya/validation/Validation.java    |  50 ++--
 .../tamaya/validation/ValidationManager.java    | 294 ++++++++++++++++++
 .../tamaya/validation/ValidationModel.java      |  78 +++++
 .../tamaya/validation/ValidationResult.java     |  59 ----
 .../tamaya/validation/ValidationTarget.java     |  37 +++
 .../tamaya/validation/ValidationType.java       |  59 ++++
 .../internal/ConfigDocumentationBean.java       | 197 ------------
 .../internal/ConfigValidationBean.java          | 197 ++++++++++++
 .../ConfiguredInlineModelProviderSpi.java       |  40 ++-
 .../ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi.java   |  38 +--
 .../ConfiguredResourcesModelProviderSpi.java    |  21 +-
 .../ConfiguredTypeEventsModelPopulator.java     |  17 +-
 .../ConfiguredTypeEventsModelProvider.java      |  14 +-
 .../validation/spi/AbstractConfigModel.java     |   6 +-
 .../spi/ConfigDocumentationMBean.java           |  53 ----
 .../validation/spi/ConfigModelReader.java       | 142 ---------
 .../validation/spi/ConfigValidationMBean.java   |  53 ++++
 .../validation/spi/ConfigValidationReader.java  | 131 ++++++++
 .../tamaya/validation/spi/GroupModel.java       | 110 -------
 .../tamaya/validation/spi/ModelProviderSpi.java |  39 ---
 .../tamaya/validation/spi/ParameterModel.java   | 242 ---------------
 .../tamaya/validation/spi/SectionModel.java     | 202 -------------
 .../tamaya/validation/spi/ValidateGroup.java    | 110 +++++++
 .../validation/spi/ValidateParameter.java       | 242 +++++++++++++++
 .../tamaya/validation/spi/ValidateSection.java  | 201 +++++++++++++
 .../spi/ValidationModelProviderSpi.java         |  39 +++
 .../resources/META-INF/configmodel.properties   |  35 ---
 .../META-INF/configvalidation.properties        |  35 +++
 ...org.apache.tamaya.events.ConfigEventListener |   2 +-
 ...maya.validation.spi.ConfigDocumentationMBean |  38 ---
 ....tamaya.validation.spi.ConfigValidationMBean |  19 ++
 ...pache.tamaya.validation.spi.ModelProviderSpi |  41 ---
 ...ya.validation.spi.ValidationModelProviderSpi |  22 ++
 .../validation/ConfigModelProviderTest.java     |  32 +-
 .../tamaya/validation/ValidationTests.java      |  13 +-
 .../internal/ConfigDocumentationBeanTest.java   |   8 +-
 .../java/test/model/TestConfigAccessor.java     |  16 +-
 .../resources/META-INF/configmodel.properties   |  96 ------
 .../META-INF/configvalidation.properties        |  96 ++++++
 .../resources/META-INF/javaconfig.properties    |  22 ++
 .../META-INF/javaconfiguration.properties       |  22 --
 ...org.apache.tamaya.model.spi.ModelProviderSpi |   2 +-
 .../src/test/resources/examples/configmodel.ini |  76 -----
 .../test/resources/examples/configmodel.json    | 108 -------
 .../resources/examples/configmodel.properties   |  96 ------
 .../src/test/resources/examples/configmodel.xml |  97 ------
 .../test/resources/examples/configmodel.yaml    | 106 -------
 .../resources/examples/configvalidation.ini     |  76 +++++
 .../resources/examples/configvalidation.json    | 108 +++++++
 .../examples/configvalidation.properties        |  96 ++++++
 .../resources/examples/configvalidation.xml     |  97 ++++++
 .../resources/examples/configvalidation.yaml    | 106 +++++++
 55 files changed, 2248 insertions(+), 2301 deletions(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/blob/54b627b9/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/ConfigModel.java
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diff --git a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/ConfigModel.java b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/ConfigModel.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a9c58f0..0000000
--- a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/ConfigModel.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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.tamaya.validation;
-
-import org.apache.tamaya.Configuration;
-
-import java.util.Collection;
-
-/**
- * Base structure describing a validated item, by default a parameter or a section.
- */
-public interface ConfigModel {
-
-    /**
-     * Access the owner.
-     * @return the owner of this model, never null.
-     */
-    String getOwner();
-
-    /**
-     * Get the type of item that is modelled.
-     * @return the modelled type, never null.
-     */
-    ModelTarget getType();
-
-    /**
-     * Get the item's name, it should minimally describe the validation. Examples are:
-     * <pre>
-     *     Sections: a.b.c
-     *     Params: a.b.c.paramName
-     *     Filter: a.b.c.FilterImplClass
-     *     Dependency: mydepClassname
-     *     CombinationPolicy: a.b.c.MyCombinationPolicyClass
-     * </pre>
-     * @return the item's name.
-     */
-    String getName();
-
-    /**
-     * Check if this validation is a required one.
-     * @return true, if this validation is required.
-     */
-    boolean isRequired();
-
-    /**
-     * Get an description of the item, using the default locale. The description is basically optional
-     * though it is higly recommended to provide a description, so the validation issues is well
-     * resolvable.
-     *
-     * @return the description required, or null.
-     */
-    String getDescription();
-
-    /**
-     * Validates the item and all its children against the given configuration.
-     *
-     * @param config the configuration to be validated against, not null.
-     * @return the validation result, or null, if not applicable.
-     */
-    Collection<Validation> validate(Configuration config);
-
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/blob/54b627b9/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/ConfigModelManager.java
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diff --git a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/ConfigModelManager.java b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/ConfigModelManager.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f3cce5..0000000
--- a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/ConfigModelManager.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,298 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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.tamaya.validation;
-
-import org.apache.tamaya.Configuration;
-import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigurationProvider;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ConfigDocumentationMBean;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ModelProviderSpi;
-import org.apache.tamaya.spi.ServiceContextManager;
-
-import javax.management.InstanceNotFoundException;
-import javax.management.MBeanServer;
-import javax.management.ObjectName;
-import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Comparator;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.HashSet;
-import java.util.Iterator;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.logging.Level;
-import java.util.logging.Logger;
-
-/**
- * Validator accessor to validate the current configuration.
- */
-public final class ConfigModelManager {
-
-    /** The logger used. */
-    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(ConfigModelManager.class.getName());
-
-    /**
-     * Singleton constructor.
-     */
-    private ConfigModelManager() {
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Access the usage statistics for the recorded uses of configuration.
-     * @return usage statistics
-     */
-    public static String getConfigInfoText(){
-        StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
-        List<ConfigModel> models = new ArrayList<>(getModels());
-        Collections.sort(models, new Comparator<ConfigModel>() {
-            @Override
-            public int compare(ConfigModel k1, ConfigModel k2) {
-                return k2.getName().compareTo(k2.getName());
-            }
-        });
-        b.append("TYPE    OWNER      NAME                                              MANDATORY   DESCRIPTION\n");
-        b.append("-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n");
-        for(ConfigModel model:models){
-            switch(model.getType()){
-                case Parameter:
-                    b.append("PARAM   ");
-                    break;
-                case Section:
-                    b.append("SECTION ");
-                    break;
-                case Group:
-                    b.append("GROUP   ");
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    break;
-            }
-            b.append(formatWithFixedLength(model.getOwner(), 10)).append(' ');
-            b.append(formatWithFixedLength(model.getName(), 50));
-            if(model.isRequired()){
-                b.append(formatWithFixedLength("yes", 12));
-            }else{
-                b.append(formatWithFixedLength("no", 12));
-            }
-            if(model.getDescription()!=null){
-                b.append(model.getDescription().replace("\n", "\\\n").replace("\"", "'")).append("\"");
-            }
-            b.append("\n");
-        }
-        return b.toString();
-    }
-
-    private static String formatWithFixedLength(String name, int targetLength) {
-        targetLength = targetLength-1;
-        StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
-        if(name.length() > targetLength){
-            name = name.substring(0, targetLength);
-        }
-        b.append(name);
-        for(int i=0;i<(targetLength-name.length());i++){
-            b.append(' ');
-        }
-        b.append(' ');
-        return b.toString();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Get the validations defined.
-     *
-     * @return the sections defined, never null.
-     */
-    public static Collection<ConfigModel> getModels() {
-        List<ConfigModel> result = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (ModelProviderSpi model : ServiceContextManager.getServiceContext().getServices(ModelProviderSpi.class)) {
-            result.addAll(model.getConfigModels());
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Find the validations by matching the validation's name against the given model type.
-     * 
-     * @param name the name to use, not null.
-     * @param modelType classname of the target model type.  
-     * @param <T> type of the model to filter for.
-     * @return the sections defined, never null.
-     */
-    public static <T extends ConfigModel> T getModel(String name, Class<T> modelType) {
-        for (ModelProviderSpi model : ServiceContextManager.getServiceContext().getServices(ModelProviderSpi.class)) {
-            for(ConfigModel configModel : model.getConfigModels()) {
-                if(configModel.getName().equals(name) && configModel.getClass().equals(modelType)) {
-                    return modelType.cast(configModel);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Find the validations by checking the validation's name using the given regular expression.
-     * @param namePattern the regular expression to use, not null.
-     * @param targets the target types only to be returned (optional).
-     * @return the sections defined, never null.
-     */
-    public static Collection<ConfigModel> findModels(String namePattern, ModelTarget... targets) {
-        List<ConfigModel> result = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (ModelProviderSpi model : ServiceContextManager.getServiceContext().getServices(ModelProviderSpi.class)) {
-            for(ConfigModel configModel : model.getConfigModels()) {
-                if(configModel.getName().matches(namePattern)) {
-                    if(targets.length>0){
-                        for(ModelTarget tgt:targets){
-                            if(configModel.getType().equals(tgt)){
-                                result.add(configModel);
-                                break;
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }else {
-                        result.add(configModel);
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Validates the current configuration.
-     *
-     * @return the validation results, never null.
-     */
-    public static Collection<Validation> validate() {
-        return validate(false);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Validates the current configuration.
-     * @param showUndefined show any unknown parameters.
-     * @return the validation results, never null.
-     */
-    public static Collection<Validation> validate(boolean showUndefined) {
-        return validate(ConfigurationProvider.getConfiguration(), showUndefined);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Validates the given configuration.
-     *
-     * @param config the configuration to be validated against, not null.
-     * @return the validation results, never null.
-     */
-    public static Collection<Validation> validate(Configuration config) {
-        return validate(config, false);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Validates the given configuration.
-     *
-     * @param config the configuration to be validated against, not null.
-     * @param showUndefined allows filtering for undefined configuration elements.
-     * @return the validation results, never null.
-     */
-    public static Collection<Validation> validate(Configuration config, boolean showUndefined) {
-        List<Validation> result = new ArrayList<>();
-        for (ConfigModel defConf : getModels()) {
-            result.addAll(defConf.validate(config));
-        }
-        if(showUndefined){
-            Map<String,String> map = new HashMap<>(config.getProperties());
-            Set<String> areas = extractTransitiveAreas(map.keySet());
-            for (ConfigModel defConf : getModels()) {
-                if(ModelTarget.Section.equals(defConf.getType())){
-                    for (Iterator<String> iter = areas.iterator();iter.hasNext();){
-                        String area = iter.next();
-                        if(area.matches(defConf.getName())){
-                            iter.remove();
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                if(ModelTarget.Parameter.equals(defConf.getType())){
-                    map.remove(defConf.getName());
-                }
-            }
-            outer:for(Map.Entry<String,String> entry:map.entrySet()){
-                for (ConfigModel defConf : getModels()) {
-                    if(ModelTarget.Section.equals(defConf.getType())){
-                        if(defConf.getName().endsWith(".*") && entry.getKey().matches(defConf.getName())){
-                            // Ignore parameters that are part of transitive section.
-                            continue outer;
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                result.add(Validation.ofUndefined("<auto>", entry.getKey(), ModelTarget.Parameter));
-            }
-            for(String area:areas){
-                result.add(Validation.ofUndefined("<auto>", area, ModelTarget.Section));
-            }
-        }
-        return result;
-    }
-
-    private static java.util.Set<java.lang.String> extractTransitiveAreas(Set<String> keys) {
-        Set<String> transitiveClosure = new HashSet<>();
-        for(String key:keys){
-            int index = key.lastIndexOf('.');
-            while(index>0){
-                String areaKey = key.substring(0,index);
-                transitiveClosure.add(areaKey);
-                index = areaKey.lastIndexOf('.');
-            }
-        }
-        return transitiveClosure;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Registers the {@link ConfigDocumentationMBean} mbean for accessing config documentation into the local platform
-     * mbean server.
-     */
-    public static void registerMBean() {
-        registerMBean(null);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Registers the {@link ConfigDocumentationMBean} mbean for accessing config documentation into the local platform
-     * mbean server.
-     * 
-     * @param context allows to specify an additional MBean context, maybe {@code null}. 
-     */
-    public static void registerMBean(String context) {
-        try{
-            ConfigDocumentationMBean configMbean = ServiceContextManager.getServiceContext()
-                    .getService(ConfigDocumentationMBean.class);
-            MBeanServer mbs = ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer();
-            ObjectName on = context==null?new ObjectName("org.apache.tamaya.model:type=ConfigDocumentationMBean"):
-                    new ObjectName("org.apache.tamaya.model:type=ConfigDocumentationMBean,context="+context);
-            try{
-                mbs.getMBeanInfo(on);
-                LOG.warning("Cannot register mbean " + on + ": already existing.");
-            } catch(InstanceNotFoundException e) {
-                LOG.info("Registering mbean " + on + "...");
-                mbs.registerMBean(configMbean, on);
-            }
-        } catch(Exception e){
-            LOG.log(Level.WARNING,
-                    "Failed to register ConfigDocumentationMBean.", e);
-        }
-    }
-
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/blob/54b627b9/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/ModelTarget.java
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diff --git a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/ModelTarget.java b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/ModelTarget.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e087c66..0000000
--- a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/ModelTarget.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * 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.tamaya.validation;
-
-/**
- * This enumeration defines the types of supported validations.
- */
-public enum ModelTarget {
-    /**
-     * A configuration section.
-     */
-    Section,
-    /**
-     * A configuration paramter.
-     */
-    Parameter,
-    /**
-     * ConfigModel that is a container of other validations.
-     */
-    Group,
-}

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/blob/54b627b9/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/Validation.java
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diff --git a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/Validation.java b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/Validation.java
index 81a0118..d9c4ba1 100644
--- a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/Validation.java
+++ b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/Validation.java
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tamaya.validation;
 
-import org.apache.tamaya.Configuration;
 import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.AbstractConfigModel;
 
+import javax.config.Config;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Objects;
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ public final class Validation {
     /**
      * the config section.
      */
-    private final ConfigModel configModel;
+    private final ValidationModel configModel;
     /**
      * The configModel result.
      */
-    private final ValidationResult result;
+    private final ValidationType result;
     /**
      * The configModel message.
      */
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ public final class Validation {
      * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
      * @return a new validation result containing valid parts of the given model.
      */
-    public static Validation ofValid(ConfigModel configModel) {
-        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationResult.VALID, null);
+    public static Validation checkValid(ValidationModel configModel) {
+        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationType.VALID, null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ public final class Validation {
      * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
      * @return a new validation result containing missing parts of the given model.
      */
-    public static Validation ofMissing(ConfigModel configModel) {
-        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationResult.MISSING, null);
+    public static Validation checkMissing(ValidationModel configModel) {
+        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationType.MISSING, null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ public final class Validation {
      * @param message Additional message to be shown (optional).
      * @return a new validation result containing missing parts of the given model with a message.
      */
-    public static Validation ofMissing(ConfigModel configModel, String message) {
-        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationResult.MISSING, message);
+    public static Validation checkMissing(ValidationModel configModel, String message) {
+        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationType.MISSING, message);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ public final class Validation {
      * @param error error message to add.
      * @return a new validation result containing erroneous parts of the given model with the given error message.
      */
-    public static Validation ofError(ConfigModel configModel, String error) {
-        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationResult.ERROR, error);
+    public static Validation checkError(ValidationModel configModel, String error) {
+        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationType.ERROR, error);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ public final class Validation {
      * @param warning warning message to add.
      * @return a new validation result containing warning parts of the given model with the given warning message.
      */
-    public static Validation ofWarning(ConfigModel configModel, String warning) {
-        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationResult.WARNING, warning);
+    public static Validation checkWarning(ValidationModel configModel, String warning) {
+        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationType.WARNING, warning);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ public final class Validation {
      * @param alternativeUsage allows setting a message to indicate non-deprecated replacement, maybe null.
      * @return a new validation result containing deprecated parts of the given model with an optional message.
      */
-    public static Validation ofDeprecated(ConfigModel configModel, String alternativeUsage) {
-        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationResult.DEPRECATED, alternativeUsage != null ? "Use instead: " + alternativeUsage : null);
+    public static Validation checkDeprecation(ValidationModel configModel, String alternativeUsage) {
+        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationType.DEPRECATED, alternativeUsage != null ? "Use instead: " + alternativeUsage : null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ public final class Validation {
      * @param configModel the configModel item, not null.
      * @return a new validation result containing deprecated parts of the given model.
      */
-    public static Validation ofDeprecated(ConfigModel configModel) {
-        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationResult.DEPRECATED, null);
+    public static Validation checkDeprecation(ValidationModel configModel) {
+        return new Validation(configModel, ValidationType.DEPRECATED, null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -124,19 +124,19 @@ public final class Validation {
      * @param type model type 
      * @return a corresponding configModel item
      */
-    public static Validation ofUndefined(final String owner, final String key, final ModelTarget type) {
+    public static Validation checkUndefined(final String owner, final String key, final ValidationTarget type) {
         return new Validation(new AbstractConfigModel(owner, key, false, "Undefined key: " + key) {
 
             @Override
-            public ModelTarget getType() {
+            public ValidationTarget getType() {
                 return type;
             }
 
             @Override
-            public Collection<Validation> validate(Configuration config) {
+            public Collection<Validation> validate(Config config) {
                 return Collections.emptyList();
             }
-        }, ValidationResult.UNDEFINED, null);
+        }, ValidationType.UNDEFINED, null);
     }
 
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public final class Validation {
      * @param message    the detail message.
      * @return new validation result.
      */
-    public static Validation of(ConfigModel configModel, ValidationResult result, String message) {
+    public static Validation of(ValidationModel configModel, ValidationType result, String message) {
         return new Validation(configModel, result, message);
     }
 
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ public final class Validation {
      * @param result     the configModel result, not null.
      * @param message    the detail message.
      */
-    private Validation(ConfigModel configModel, ValidationResult result, String message) {
+    private Validation(ValidationModel configModel, ValidationType result, String message) {
         this.message = message;
         this.configModel = Objects.requireNonNull(configModel);
         this.result = Objects.requireNonNull(result);
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public final class Validation {
      *
      * @return the section, never null.
      */
-    public ConfigModel getConfigModel() {
+    public ValidationModel getConfigModel() {
         return configModel;
     }
 
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public final class Validation {
      *
      * @return the result, never null.
      */
-    public ValidationResult getResult() {
+    public ValidationType getResult() {
         return result;
     }
 

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@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+/*
+ * 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.tamaya.validation;
+
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ConfigValidationMBean;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ValidationModelProviderSpi;
+import org.apache.tamaya.spi.ServiceContextManager;
+
+import javax.config.Config;
+import javax.management.InstanceNotFoundException;
+import javax.management.MBeanServer;
+import javax.management.ObjectName;
+import java.lang.management.ManagementFactory;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * Validator accessor to validate the current configuration.
+ */
+public final class ValidationManager {
+
+    /** The logger used. */
+    private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(ValidationManager.class.getName());
+
+    private static final ValidationManager INSTANCE = new ValidationManager();
+
+    private List<ValidationModel> models = new ArrayList<>();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the singleton instance.
+     * @return the instance, never null.
+     */
+    public static ValidationManager getInstance(){
+        return INSTANCE;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Singleton constructor.
+     */
+    private ValidationManager() {
+        for (ValidationModelProviderSpi model : ServiceContextManager.getServiceContext().getServices(ValidationModelProviderSpi.class)) {
+            models.addAll(model.getConfigModels());
+        }
+        Collections.sort(models, new Comparator<ValidationModel>() {
+            @Override
+            public int compare(ValidationModel k1, ValidationModel k2) {
+                return k2.getName().compareTo(k2.getName());
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Access the usage statistics for the recorded uses of configuration.
+     * @return usage statistics
+     */
+    public String getConfigInfoText(){
+        StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
+        b.append("TYPE    OWNER      NAME                                              MANDATORY   DESCRIPTION\n");
+        b.append("-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n");
+        for(ValidationModel model:models){
+            switch(model.getType()){
+                case Parameter:
+                    b.append("PARAM   ");
+                    break;
+                case Section:
+                    b.append("SECTION ");
+                    break;
+                case Group:
+                    b.append("GROUP   ");
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    break;
+            }
+            b.append(formatWithFixedLength(model.getOwner(), 10)).append(' ');
+            b.append(formatWithFixedLength(model.getName(), 50));
+            if(model.isRequired()){
+                b.append(formatWithFixedLength("yes", 12));
+            }else{
+                b.append(formatWithFixedLength("no", 12));
+            }
+            if(model.getDescription()!=null){
+                b.append(model.getDescription().replace("\n", "\\\n").replace("\"", "'")).append("\"");
+            }
+            b.append("\n");
+        }
+        return b.toString();
+    }
+
+    private String formatWithFixedLength(String name, int targetLength) {
+        targetLength = targetLength-1;
+        StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
+        if(name.length() > targetLength){
+            name = name.substring(0, targetLength);
+        }
+        b.append(name);
+        for(int i=0;i<(targetLength-name.length());i++){
+            b.append(' ');
+        }
+        b.append(' ');
+        return b.toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the validations defined.
+     *
+     * @return the sections defined, never null.
+     */
+    public Collection<ValidationModel> getModels() {
+        return Collections.unmodifiableCollection(models);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Find the validations by matching the validation's name against the given model type.
+     * 
+     * @param name the name to use, not null.
+     * @param modelType classname of the target model type.  
+     * @param <T> type of the model to filter for.
+     * @return the sections defined, never null.
+     */
+    public <T extends ValidationModel> T getModel(String name, Class<T> modelType) {
+        for (ValidationModelProviderSpi model : ServiceContextManager.getServiceContext().getServices(ValidationModelProviderSpi.class)) {
+            for(ValidationModel configModel : model.getConfigModels()) {
+                if(configModel.getName().equals(name) && configModel.getClass().equals(modelType)) {
+                    return modelType.cast(configModel);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Find the validations by checking the validation's name using the given regular expression.
+     * @param namePattern the regular expression to use, not null.
+     * @param targets the target types only to be returned (optional).
+     * @return the sections defined, never null.
+     */
+    public Collection<ValidationModel> findModels(String namePattern, ValidationTarget... targets) {
+        List<ValidationModel> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (ValidationModelProviderSpi model : ServiceContextManager.getServiceContext().getServices(ValidationModelProviderSpi.class)) {
+            for(ValidationModel configModel : model.getConfigModels()) {
+                if(configModel.getName().matches(namePattern)) {
+                    if(targets.length>0){
+                        for(ValidationTarget tgt:targets){
+                            if(configModel.getType().equals(tgt)){
+                                result.add(configModel);
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }else {
+                        result.add(configModel);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validates the given configuration.
+     *
+     * @param config the configuration to be validated against, not null.
+     * @return the validation results, never null.
+     */
+    public Collection<Validation> validate(Config config) {
+        return validate(config, false);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validates the given configuration.
+     *
+     * @param config the configuration to be validated against, not null.
+     * @param showUndefined allows filtering for undefined configuration elements.
+     * @return the validation results, never null.
+     */
+    public Collection<Validation> validate(Config config, boolean showUndefined) {
+        List<Validation> result = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (ValidationModel defConf : getModels()) {
+            result.addAll(defConf.validate(config));
+        }
+        if(showUndefined){
+            Iterable<String> map = config.getPropertyNames();
+            Set<String> keys = new HashSet<>();
+            map.forEach(keys::add);
+            Set<String> areas = extractTransitiveAreas(keys);
+            for (ValidationModel defConf : getModels()) {
+                if(ValidationTarget.Section.equals(defConf.getType())){
+                    for (Iterator<String> iter = areas.iterator();iter.hasNext();){
+                        String area = iter.next();
+                        if(area.matches(defConf.getName())){
+                            iter.remove();
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                if(ValidationTarget.Parameter.equals(defConf.getType())){
+                    keys.remove(defConf.getName());
+                }
+            }
+            outer:for(String key:keys){
+                for (ValidationModel defConf : getModels()) {
+                    if(ValidationTarget.Section.equals(defConf.getType())){
+                        if(defConf.getName().endsWith(".*") && key.matches(defConf.getName())){
+                            // Ignore parameters that are part of transitive section.
+                            continue outer;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+                result.add(Validation.checkUndefined("<auto>", key, ValidationTarget.Parameter));
+            }
+            for(String area:areas){
+                result.add(Validation.checkUndefined("<auto>", area, ValidationTarget.Section));
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    private java.util.Set<java.lang.String> extractTransitiveAreas(Set<String> keys) {
+        Set<String> transitiveClosure = new HashSet<>();
+        for(String key:keys){
+            int index = key.lastIndexOf('.');
+            while(index>0){
+                String areaKey = key.substring(0,index);
+                transitiveClosure.add(areaKey);
+                index = areaKey.lastIndexOf('.');
+            }
+        }
+        return transitiveClosure;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Registers the {@link ConfigValidationMBean} mbean for accessing config documentation into the local platform
+     * mbean server.
+     */
+    public void registerMBean() {
+        registerMBean(null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Registers the {@link ConfigValidationMBean} mbean for accessing config documentation into the local platform
+     * mbean server.
+     * 
+     * @param context allows to specify an additional MBean context, maybe {@code null}. 
+     */
+    public void registerMBean(String context) {
+        try{
+            ConfigValidationMBean configMbean = ServiceContextManager.getServiceContext()
+                    .getService(ConfigValidationMBean.class);
+            MBeanServer mbs = ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer();
+            ObjectName on = context==null?new ObjectName("org.apache.tamaya.model:type=ConfigDocumentationMBean"):
+                    new ObjectName("org.apache.tamaya.model:type=ConfigDocumentationMBean,context="+context);
+            try{
+                mbs.getMBeanInfo(on);
+                LOG.warning("Cannot register mbean " + on + ": already existing.");
+            } catch(InstanceNotFoundException e) {
+                LOG.info("Registering mbean " + on + "...");
+                mbs.registerMBean(configMbean, on);
+            }
+        } catch(Exception e){
+            LOG.log(Level.WARNING,
+                    "Failed to register ConfigDocumentationMBean.", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString(){
+        return "ValidationManager\n  "+getConfigInfoText();
+    }
+
+}

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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.tamaya.validation;
+
+
+import javax.config.Config;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+/**
+ * Base structure describing a validated item, by default a parameter or a section.
+ */
+public interface ValidationModel {
+
+    /**
+     * Access the owner.
+     * @return the owner of this model, never null.
+     */
+    String getOwner();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the type of item that is modelled.
+     * @return the modelled type, never null.
+     */
+    ValidationTarget getType();
+
+    /**
+     * Get the item's name, it should minimally describe the validation. Examples are:
+     * <pre>
+     *     Sections: a.b.c
+     *     Params: a.b.c.paramName
+     *     Filter: a.b.c.FilterImplClass
+     *     Dependency: mydepClassname
+     *     CombinationPolicy: a.b.c.MyCombinationPolicyClass
+     * </pre>
+     * @return the item's name.
+     */
+    String getName();
+
+    /**
+     * Check if this validation is a required one.
+     * @return true, if this validation is required.
+     */
+    boolean isRequired();
+
+    /**
+     * Get an description of the item, using the default locale. The description is basically optional
+     * though it is higly recommended to provide a description, so the validation issues is well
+     * resolvable.
+     *
+     * @return the description required, or null.
+     */
+    String getDescription();
+
+    /**
+     * Validates the item and all its children against the given configuration.
+     *
+     * @param config the configuration to be validated against, not null.
+     * @return the validation result, or null, if not applicable.
+     */
+    Collection<Validation> validate(Config config);
+
+}

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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.tamaya.validation;
-
-/**
- * Enum type describing the different validation results supported.
- */
-public enum ValidationResult {
-    /**
-     * The validated item is valid
-     */
-    VALID,
-    /**
-     * The validated item is deprecated.
-     */
-    DEPRECATED,
-    /**
-     * The validated item is correct, but the value is worth a warning.
-     */
-    WARNING,
-    /**
-     * The given section or parameter is not a defined/validated item. It may be still valid, but typically,
-     * when validation is fully implemented, such a parameter or section should be removed.
-     */
-    UNDEFINED,
-    /**
-     * A required parameter or section is missing.
-     */
-    MISSING,
-    /**
-     * The validated item has an invalid value.
-     */
-    ERROR;
-
-    /**
-     * Method to quickly evaluate if the current state is an error state.
-     *
-     * @return true, if the state is not ERROR or MISSING.
-     */
-    boolean isError() {
-        return this.ordinal() == MISSING.ordinal() || this.ordinal() == ERROR.ordinal();
-    }
-}

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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.tamaya.validation;
+
+/**
+ * This enumeration defines the types of supported validations.
+ */
+public enum ValidationTarget {
+    /**
+     * A configuration section.
+     */
+    Section,
+    /**
+     * A configuration paramter.
+     */
+    Parameter,
+    /**
+     * ConfigModel that is a container of other validations.
+     */
+    Group,
+}

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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.tamaya.validation;
+
+/**
+ * Enum type describing the different validation results supported.
+ */
+public enum ValidationType {
+    /**
+     * The validated item is valid
+     */
+    VALID,
+    /**
+     * The validated item is deprecated.
+     */
+    DEPRECATED,
+    /**
+     * The validated item is correct, but the value is worth a warning.
+     */
+    WARNING,
+    /**
+     * The given section or parameter is not a defined/validated item. It may be still valid, but typically,
+     * when validation is fully implemented, such a parameter or section should be removed.
+     */
+    UNDEFINED,
+    /**
+     * A required parameter or section is missing.
+     */
+    MISSING,
+    /**
+     * The validated item has an invalid value.
+     */
+    ERROR;
+
+    /**
+     * Method to quickly evaluate if the current state is an error state.
+     *
+     * @return true, if the state is not ERROR or MISSING.
+     */
+    boolean isError() {
+        return this.ordinal() == MISSING.ordinal() || this.ordinal() == ERROR.ordinal();
+    }
+}

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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.tamaya.validation.internal;
-
-import org.apache.tamaya.Configuration;
-import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigurationProvider;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ConfigModel;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ConfigModelManager;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ModelTarget;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.Validation;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ConfigDocumentationMBean;
-
-import javax.json.Json;
-import javax.json.JsonArray;
-import javax.json.JsonArrayBuilder;
-import javax.json.JsonObject;
-import javax.json.JsonObjectBuilder;
-import javax.json.JsonWriter;
-import javax.json.JsonWriterFactory;
-import javax.json.stream.JsonGenerator;
-import java.io.StringWriter;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Comparator;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-/**
- * MBean implementation of {@link ConfigDocumentationMBean}.
- */
-public class ConfigDocumentationBean implements ConfigDocumentationMBean{
-
-    private final JsonWriterFactory writerFactory;
-
-    private static final Comparator<Validation> COMPARATOR = new Comparator<Validation>() {
-        @Override
-        public int compare(Validation v1, Validation v2) {
-            int compare = VAL_COMPARATOR.compare(v1.getConfigModel(), v2.getConfigModel());
-            if(compare==0){
-                compare = v1.getResult().compareTo(v2.getResult());
-            }
-            if(compare==0){
-                return v1.getMessage().compareTo(v2.getMessage());
-            }
-            return compare;
-        }
-    };
-    private static final Comparator<ConfigModel> VAL_COMPARATOR = new Comparator<ConfigModel>() {
-        @Override
-        public int compare(ConfigModel v1, ConfigModel v2) {
-            int compare = v1.getType().compareTo(v2.getType());
-            if(compare==0){
-                compare = v1.getName().compareTo(v2.getName());
-            }
-            return compare;
-        }
-    };
-
-    private Configuration config;
-
-    /**
-     * Default constructor, using the current configuration being available.
-     */
-    public ConfigDocumentationBean(){
-        this(null);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Creates an mbean bound to the given configuration. This is useful, when multiple mbeans for each
-     * context should be used, e.g. one mbean per ear, app deployment.
-     * @param config the configuration to be used.
-     */
-    public ConfigDocumentationBean(Configuration config){
-        this.config = config;
-        Map<String, Object> writerProperties = new HashMap<>(1);
-        writerProperties.put(JsonGenerator.PRETTY_PRINTING, true);
-        writerFactory = Json.createWriterFactory(writerProperties);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Access the configuration.
-     * @return either the configuration bound to this bean, or the current configuration.
-     */
-    private Configuration getConfig(){
-        return config!=null?config: ConfigurationProvider.getConfiguration();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String validate(boolean showUndefined) {
-        List<Validation> validations = new ArrayList<>(ConfigModelManager.validate(getConfig(), showUndefined));
-        Collections.sort(validations, COMPARATOR);
-        JsonArrayBuilder builder = Json.createArrayBuilder();
-        for(Validation val:validations){
-            builder.add(toJsonObject(val));
-        }
-        return formatJson(builder.build());
-    }
-
-
-
-    @Override
-    public String getConfigurationModel() {
-        List<ConfigModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>(ConfigModelManager.getModels());
-        Collections.sort(configModels, VAL_COMPARATOR);
-        JsonArrayBuilder result = Json.createArrayBuilder();
-        for(ConfigModel val: configModels){
-            result.add(toJsonObject(val));
-        }
-        return formatJson(result.build());
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getConfigurationModel(ModelTarget type) {
-        return findValidationModels(".*", type);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String findConfigurationModels(String namePattern) {
-        List<ConfigModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>(ConfigModelManager.findModels(namePattern));
-        Collections.sort(configModels, VAL_COMPARATOR);
-        JsonArrayBuilder result = Json.createArrayBuilder();
-        for(ConfigModel val: configModels){
-            result.add(toJsonObject(val));
-        }
-        return formatJson(result.build());
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String findValidationModels(String namePattern, ModelTarget... type) {
-        List<ConfigModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>(ConfigModelManager.findModels(namePattern, type));
-        Collections.sort(configModels, VAL_COMPARATOR);
-        JsonArrayBuilder result = Json.createArrayBuilder();
-        for(ConfigModel val: configModels){
-            result.add(toJsonObject(val));
-        }
-        return formatJson(result.build());
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String toString(){
-        return "ConfigDocumentationBean, config: " + (this.config!=null?this.config.toString():"<current>");
-    }
-
-
-    private JsonObject toJsonObject(ConfigModel val) {
-        JsonObjectBuilder valJson = Json.createObjectBuilder().add("target", val.getType().toString())
-                .add("name", val.getName());
-        if(val.getDescription()!=null) {
-            valJson.add("description", val.getDescription());
-        }
-        if(val.isRequired()){
-            valJson.add("required",true);
-        }
-        return valJson.build();
-    }
-
-    private JsonObject toJsonObject(Validation val) {
-        JsonObjectBuilder valJson = Json.createObjectBuilder().add("target", val.getConfigModel().getType().toString())
-                .add("name", val.getConfigModel().getName());
-        if(val.getConfigModel().isRequired()){
-            valJson.add("required",true);
-        }
-        if(val.getConfigModel().getDescription() != null){
-            valJson.add("description", val.getConfigModel().getDescription());
-        }
-        valJson.add("result", val.getResult().toString());
-        if( val.getMessage() != null) {
-            valJson.add("message", val.getMessage());
-        }
-        return valJson.build();
-    }
-
-    private String formatJson(JsonArray data) {
-        StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
-        JsonWriter gen = writerFactory.createWriter(writer);
-        gen.writeArray(data);
-        return writer.toString();
-    }
-}

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diff --git a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfigValidationBean.java b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfigValidationBean.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc75a26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfigValidationBean.java
@@ -0,0 +1,197 @@
+/*
+ * 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.tamaya.validation.internal;
+
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ValidationModel;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ValidationManager;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ValidationTarget;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.Validation;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ConfigValidationMBean;
+
+import javax.config.Config;
+import javax.config.ConfigProvider;
+import javax.json.Json;
+import javax.json.JsonArray;
+import javax.json.JsonArrayBuilder;
+import javax.json.JsonObject;
+import javax.json.JsonObjectBuilder;
+import javax.json.JsonWriter;
+import javax.json.JsonWriterFactory;
+import javax.json.stream.JsonGenerator;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * MBean implementation of {@link ConfigValidationMBean}.
+ */
+public class ConfigValidationBean implements ConfigValidationMBean {
+
+    private final JsonWriterFactory writerFactory;
+
+    private static final Comparator<Validation> COMPARATOR = new Comparator<Validation>() {
+        @Override
+        public int compare(Validation v1, Validation v2) {
+            int compare = VAL_COMPARATOR.compare(v1.getConfigModel(), v2.getConfigModel());
+            if(compare==0){
+                compare = v1.getResult().compareTo(v2.getResult());
+            }
+            if(compare==0){
+                return v1.getMessage().compareTo(v2.getMessage());
+            }
+            return compare;
+        }
+    };
+    private static final Comparator<ValidationModel> VAL_COMPARATOR = new Comparator<ValidationModel>() {
+        @Override
+        public int compare(ValidationModel v1, ValidationModel v2) {
+            int compare = v1.getType().compareTo(v2.getType());
+            if(compare==0){
+                compare = v1.getName().compareTo(v2.getName());
+            }
+            return compare;
+        }
+    };
+
+    private Config config;
+
+    /**
+     * Default constructor, using the current configuration being available.
+     */
+    public ConfigValidationBean(){
+        this(null);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Creates an mbean bound to the given configuration. This is useful, when multiple mbeans for each
+     * context should be used, e.g. one mbean per ear, app deployment.
+     * @param config the configuration to be used.
+     */
+    public ConfigValidationBean(Config config){
+        this.config = config;
+        Map<String, Object> writerProperties = new HashMap<>(1);
+        writerProperties.put(JsonGenerator.PRETTY_PRINTING, true);
+        writerFactory = Json.createWriterFactory(writerProperties);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Access the configuration.
+     * @return either the configuration bound to this bean, or the current configuration.
+     */
+    private Config getConfig(){
+        return config!=null?config: ConfigProvider.getConfig();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String validate(boolean showUndefined) {
+        List<Validation> validations = new ArrayList<>(ValidationManager.getInstance().validate(getConfig(), showUndefined));
+        Collections.sort(validations, COMPARATOR);
+        JsonArrayBuilder builder = Json.createArrayBuilder();
+        for(Validation val:validations){
+            builder.add(toJsonObject(val));
+        }
+        return formatJson(builder.build());
+    }
+
+
+
+    @Override
+    public String getConfigurationModel() {
+        List<ValidationModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>(ValidationManager.getInstance().getModels());
+        Collections.sort(configModels, VAL_COMPARATOR);
+        JsonArrayBuilder result = Json.createArrayBuilder();
+        for(ValidationModel val: configModels){
+            result.add(toJsonObject(val));
+        }
+        return formatJson(result.build());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getConfigurationModel(ValidationTarget type) {
+        return findValidationModels(".*", type);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String findConfigurationModels(String namePattern) {
+        List<ValidationModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>(ValidationManager.getInstance().findModels(namePattern));
+        Collections.sort(configModels, VAL_COMPARATOR);
+        JsonArrayBuilder result = Json.createArrayBuilder();
+        for(ValidationModel val: configModels){
+            result.add(toJsonObject(val));
+        }
+        return formatJson(result.build());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String findValidationModels(String namePattern, ValidationTarget... type) {
+        List<ValidationModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>(ValidationManager.getInstance().findModels(namePattern, type));
+        Collections.sort(configModels, VAL_COMPARATOR);
+        JsonArrayBuilder result = Json.createArrayBuilder();
+        for(ValidationModel val: configModels){
+            result.add(toJsonObject(val));
+        }
+        return formatJson(result.build());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString(){
+        return "ConfigDocumentationBean, config: " + (this.config!=null?this.config.toString():"<current>");
+    }
+
+
+    private JsonObject toJsonObject(ValidationModel val) {
+        JsonObjectBuilder valJson = Json.createObjectBuilder().add("target", val.getType().toString())
+                .add("name", val.getName());
+        if(val.getDescription()!=null) {
+            valJson.add("description", val.getDescription());
+        }
+        if(val.isRequired()){
+            valJson.add("required",true);
+        }
+        return valJson.build();
+    }
+
+    private JsonObject toJsonObject(Validation val) {
+        JsonObjectBuilder valJson = Json.createObjectBuilder().add("target", val.getConfigModel().getType().toString())
+                .add("name", val.getConfigModel().getName());
+        if(val.getConfigModel().isRequired()){
+            valJson.add("required",true);
+        }
+        if(val.getConfigModel().getDescription() != null){
+            valJson.add("description", val.getConfigModel().getDescription());
+        }
+        valJson.add("result", val.getResult().toString());
+        if( val.getMessage() != null) {
+            valJson.add("message", val.getMessage());
+        }
+        return valJson.build();
+    }
+
+    private String formatJson(JsonArray data) {
+        StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
+        JsonWriter gen = writerFactory.createWriter(writer);
+        gen.writeArray(data);
+        return writer.toString();
+    }
+}

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diff --git a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredInlineModelProviderSpi.java b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredInlineModelProviderSpi.java
index 6658bb5..097030b 100644
--- a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredInlineModelProviderSpi.java
+++ b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredInlineModelProviderSpi.java
@@ -18,52 +18,48 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tamaya.validation.internal;
 
-import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigurationProvider;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ConfigModel;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ConfigModelReader;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ModelProviderSpi;
+import org.apache.tamaya.functions.ConfigurationFunctions;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ValidationModel;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ConfigValidationReader;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ValidationModelProviderSpi;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collection;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
+import javax.config.Config;
+import javax.config.ConfigProvider;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 /**
- * ConfigModel provider that reads model metadata from the current {@link org.apache.tamaya.Configuration}.
+ * ConfigModel provider that reads model metadata from the current {@link Config}.
  */
-public class ConfiguredInlineModelProviderSpi implements ModelProviderSpi {
+public class ConfiguredInlineModelProviderSpi implements ValidationModelProviderSpi {
 
     /** The logger. */
     private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(ConfiguredInlineModelProviderSpi.class.getName());
     /** parameter to disable this provider. By default the provider is active. */
-    private static final String MODEL_EANABLED_PARAM = "org.apache.tamaya.model.integrated.enabled";
+    private static final String MODEL_EANABLED_PARAM = "org.apache.tamaya.validation.integrated.enabled";
 
     /** The configModels read. */
-    private List<ConfigModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>();
+    private List<ValidationModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>();
 
 
     /**
      * Constructor, typically called by the {@link java.util.ServiceLoader}.
      */
     public ConfiguredInlineModelProviderSpi() {
-        String enabledVal = ConfigurationProvider.getConfiguration().get(MODEL_EANABLED_PARAM);
-        boolean enabled = enabledVal == null || "true".equalsIgnoreCase(enabledVal);
+        Config config = ConfigProvider.getConfig();
+        Optional<String> enabledVal = config.getOptionalValue(MODEL_EANABLED_PARAM, String.class);
+        boolean enabled = Boolean.parseBoolean(enabledVal.orElse("true"));
         if (enabled) {
             LOG.info("Reading model configuration from config...");
-            Map<String,String> config = ConfigurationProvider.getConfiguration().getProperties();
-            String owner = config.get("_model.provider");
-            if(owner==null){
-                owner = config.toString();
-            }
-            configModels.addAll(ConfigModelReader.loadValidations(owner, config));
+            Optional<String> owner = config.getOptionalValue("_model.provider", String.class);
+            configModels.addAll(ConfigValidationReader.loadValidations(owner.orElse(config.toString()),
+                    ConfigurationFunctions.toMap(config)));
         }
         configModels = Collections.unmodifiableList(configModels);
     }
 
 
-    public Collection<ConfigModel> getConfigModels() {
+    public Collection<ValidationModel> getConfigModels() {
         return configModels;
     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/blob/54b627b9/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi.java
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diff --git a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi.java b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi.java
index eeeeea4..0b7df20 100644
--- a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi.java
+++ b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi.java
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tamaya.validation.internal;
 
-import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigurationProvider;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ConfigModel;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ConfigModelReader;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ModelProviderSpi;
-import org.apache.tamaya.spisupport.propertysource.MapPropertySource;
+import org.apache.tamaya.base.configsource.MapConfigSource;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ValidationModel;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ConfigValidationReader;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ValidationModelProviderSpi;
 
+import javax.config.ConfigProvider;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.*;
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 /**
  * ConfigModel provider that reads model metadata from property files from
- * {@code classpath*:META-INF/configmodel.properties} in the following format:
+ * {@code classpath*:META-INF/configvalidation.properties} in the following format:
  * <pre>
  * ###################################################################################
  * # Example of a configuration metamodel expressed via properties.
@@ -104,36 +104,36 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
  * {model}a.b.c.aValidatedSection.configModels=org.apache.tamaya.model.TestValidator
  * </pre>
  */
-public class ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi implements ModelProviderSpi {
+public class ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi implements ValidationModelProviderSpi {
 
     /** The logger. */
     private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi.class.getName());
     /** parameter to disable this provider. By default the provider is active. */
-    private static final String MODEL_EANABLED_PARAM = "org.apache.tamaya.model.default.enabled";
+    private static final String MODEL_EANABLED_PARAM = "org.apache.tamaya.validation.default.enabled";
     /** The configModels read. */
-    private List<ConfigModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>();
+    private List<ValidationModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>();
 
     public ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi() {
-        String enabledVal = ConfigurationProvider.getConfiguration().get(MODEL_EANABLED_PARAM);
-        boolean enabled = enabledVal == null || "true".equalsIgnoreCase(enabledVal);
+        Optional<String> enabledVal = ConfigProvider.getConfig().getOptionalValue(MODEL_EANABLED_PARAM, String.class);
+        boolean enabled = Boolean.parseBoolean(enabledVal.orElse("true"));
         if(!enabled){
-            LOG.info("Reading model data from META-INF/configmodel.properties has been disabled.");
+            LOG.info("Reading model data from META-INF/configvalidation.properties has been disabled.");
             return;
         }
         try {
-            LOG.info("Reading model data from META-INF/configmodel.properties...");
-            Enumeration<URL> configs = getClass().getClassLoader().getResources("META-INF/configmodel.properties");
+            LOG.info("Reading model data from META-INF/configvalidation.properties...");
+            Enumeration<URL> configs = getClass().getClassLoader().getResources("META-INF/configvalidation.properties");
             while (configs.hasMoreElements()) {
                 URL config = configs.nextElement();
                 try (InputStream is = config.openStream()) {
                     Properties props = new Properties();
                     props.load(is);
-                    Map<String,String> data = MapPropertySource.getMap(props);
-                    String owner = data.get("_model.owner");
+                    Map<String,String> data = MapConfigSource.getMap(props);
+                    String owner = data.get("_model.provider");
                     if(owner==null){
                         owner = config.toString();
                     }
-                    configModels.addAll(ConfigModelReader.loadValidations(owner,
+                    configModels.addAll(ConfigValidationReader.loadValidations(owner,
                             data));
                 } catch (Exception e) {
                     Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
@@ -142,13 +142,13 @@ public class ConfiguredPropertiesModelProviderSpi implements ModelProviderSpi {
             }
         } catch (Exception e) {
             LOG.log(Level.SEVERE,
-                    "Error loading config metadata from META-INF/configmodel.properties", e);
+                    "Error loading config metadata from META-INF/configvalidation.properties", e);
         }
         configModels = Collections.unmodifiableList(configModels);
     }
 
 
-    public Collection<ConfigModel> getConfigModels() {
+    public Collection<ValidationModel> getConfigModels() {
         return configModels;
     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/blob/54b627b9/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredResourcesModelProviderSpi.java
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diff --git a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredResourcesModelProviderSpi.java b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredResourcesModelProviderSpi.java
index 1894570..9d871d0 100644
--- a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredResourcesModelProviderSpi.java
+++ b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredResourcesModelProviderSpi.java
@@ -25,14 +25,15 @@ import java.util.*;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
-import org.apache.tamaya.ConfigurationProvider;
 import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationData;
 import org.apache.tamaya.format.ConfigurationFormats;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ConfigModel;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ConfigModelReader;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ModelProviderSpi;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ValidationModel;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ConfigValidationReader;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ValidationModelProviderSpi;
 import org.apache.tamaya.resource.ConfigResources;
 
+import javax.config.ConfigProvider;
+
 /**
  * ConfigModel provider that reads model metadata from property files from
  * {@code classpath*:META-INF/configmodel.json} in the following format:
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ import org.apache.tamaya.resource.ConfigResources;
  *  key value pairs within a map are separated by a colon.
  * </pre>
  */
-public class ConfiguredResourcesModelProviderSpi implements ModelProviderSpi {
+public class ConfiguredResourcesModelProviderSpi implements ValidationModelProviderSpi {
 
     /**
      * The logger.
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ public class ConfiguredResourcesModelProviderSpi implements ModelProviderSpi {
     /**
      * The parameter that can be used to configure the location of the configuration model resources.
      */
-    private static final String MODEL_RESOURCE_PARAM = "org.apache.tamaya.model.resources";
+    private static final String MODEL_RESOURCE_PARAM = "org.apache.tamaya.validation.resources";
     /**
      * The resource class to checked for testing the availability of the resources extension module.
      */
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ public class ConfiguredResourcesModelProviderSpi implements ModelProviderSpi {
     /**
      * The configModels read.
      */
-    private List<ConfigModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>();
+    private List<ValidationModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>();
 
     /**
      * Initializes the flag showing if the formats module is present (required).
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ public class ConfiguredResourcesModelProviderSpi implements ModelProviderSpi {
         if (!AVAILABLE) {
             LOG.info("tamaya-format extension is required to read model configuration, No extended model support AVAILABLE.");
         } else {
-            final String resources = ConfigurationProvider.getConfiguration().get(MODEL_RESOURCE_PARAM);
+            final String resources = ConfigProvider.getConfig().getValue(MODEL_RESOURCE_PARAM, String.class);
             if (resources == null || resources.trim().isEmpty()) {
                 LOG.info("Mo model resources location configured in " + MODEL_RESOURCE_PARAM + ".");
                 return;
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ public class ConfiguredResourcesModelProviderSpi implements ModelProviderSpi {
                     if(owner==null){
                         owner = config.toString();
                     }
-                    configModels.addAll(ConfigModelReader.loadValidations(owner, props));
+                    configModels.addAll(ConfigValidationReader.loadValidations(owner, props));
                 } catch (final Exception e) {
                     Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
                             "Error loading config model data from " + config, e);
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ public class ConfiguredResourcesModelProviderSpi implements ModelProviderSpi {
 
 
     @Override
-    public Collection<ConfigModel> getConfigModels() {
+    public Collection<ValidationModel> getConfigModels() {
         return configModels;
     }
 }

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diff --git a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredTypeEventsModelPopulator.java b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredTypeEventsModelPopulator.java
index a89986a..74afcc9 100644
--- a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredTypeEventsModelPopulator.java
+++ b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredTypeEventsModelPopulator.java
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@ import org.apache.tamaya.events.ConfigEventListener;
 import org.apache.tamaya.inject.spi.ConfiguredField;
 import org.apache.tamaya.inject.spi.ConfiguredMethod;
 import org.apache.tamaya.inject.spi.ConfiguredType;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ConfigModelManager;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ParameterModel;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ValidationManager;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ValidationModel;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ValidateParameter;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 /**
- * Internal facade that registers all kind of injected fields as {@link org.apache.tamaya.validation.ConfigModel} entries,
+ * Internal facade that registers all kind of injected fields as {@link ValidationModel} entries,
  * so all configured injection points are visible as documented configuration hooks.
  */
 public final class ConfiguredTypeEventsModelPopulator implements ConfigEventListener {
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ public final class ConfiguredTypeEventsModelPopulator implements ConfigEventList
     /** System property to be set to deactivate auto documentation of configured classes published thorugh
      * ConfiguredType events.
      */
-    private static final String ENABLE_EVENT_DOC = "org.apache.tamaya.model.autoModelEvents";
+    private static final String ENABLE_EVENT_DOC = "org.apache.tamaya.validation.autoValidationEvents";
 
     @Override
     public void onConfigEvent(ConfigEvent event) {
@@ -56,10 +57,10 @@ public final class ConfiguredTypeEventsModelPopulator implements ConfigEventList
             for (ConfiguredField field : confType.getConfiguredFields()) {
                 Collection<String> keys = field.getConfiguredKeys();
                 for (String key : keys) {
-                    ParameterModel val = ConfigModelManager.getModel(key, ParameterModel.class);
+                    ValidateParameter val = ValidationManager.getInstance().getModel(key, ValidateParameter.class);
                     if (val == null) {
                         ConfiguredTypeEventsModelProvider.addConfigModel(
-                                new ParameterModel.Builder(confType.getName(), key)
+                                new ValidateParameter.Builder(confType.getName(), key)
                                 .setType(field.getType().getName())
                                 .setDescription("Injected field: " +
                                         field.getAnnotatedField().getDeclaringClass().getName() + '.' + field.toString() +
@@ -71,10 +72,10 @@ public final class ConfiguredTypeEventsModelPopulator implements ConfigEventList
             for (ConfiguredMethod method : confType.getConfiguredMethods()) {
                 Collection<String> keys = method.getConfiguredKeys();
                 for (String key : keys) {
-                    ParameterModel val = ConfigModelManager.getModel(key, ParameterModel.class);
+                    ValidateParameter val = ValidationManager.getInstance().getModel(key, ValidateParameter.class);
                     if (val == null) {
                         ConfiguredTypeEventsModelProvider.addConfigModel(
-                                new ParameterModel.Builder(confType.getName(), key)
+                                new ValidateParameter.Builder(confType.getName(), key)
                                 .setType(method.getParameterTypes()[0].getName())
                                 .setDescription("Injected field: " +
                                         method.getAnnotatedMethod().getDeclaringClass().getName() + '.' + method.toString() +

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/blob/54b627b9/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredTypeEventsModelProvider.java
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diff --git a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredTypeEventsModelProvider.java b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredTypeEventsModelProvider.java
index 82bd925..e11e97a 100644
--- a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredTypeEventsModelProvider.java
+++ b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/internal/ConfiguredTypeEventsModelProvider.java
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tamaya.validation.internal;
 
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ConfigModel;
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ModelProviderSpi;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ValidationModel;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi.ValidationModelProviderSpi;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -30,22 +30,22 @@ import java.util.List;
  * Model provider that adds model definitions for the items published as
  * {@link org.apache.tamaya.inject.spi.ConfiguredType} events.
  */
-public class ConfiguredTypeEventsModelProvider implements ModelProviderSpi {
+public class ConfiguredTypeEventsModelProvider implements ValidationModelProviderSpi {
     /** The collected models. */
-    private static Collection<ConfigModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>();
+    private static Collection<ValidationModel> configModels = new ArrayList<>();
 
     /**
      * Adds a model, called from the registered listener class.
      * @param configModel adds the config model.
      */
-    static void addConfigModel(ConfigModel configModel){
-        List<ConfigModel> newList = new ArrayList<>(configModels);
+    static void addConfigModel(ValidationModel configModel){
+        List<ValidationModel> newList = new ArrayList<>(configModels);
         newList.add(configModel);
         ConfiguredTypeEventsModelProvider.configModels = newList;
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Collection<ConfigModel> getConfigModels() {
+    public Collection<ValidationModel> getConfigModels() {
         return Collections.unmodifiableCollection(configModels);
     }
 }

http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-tamaya-sandbox/blob/54b627b9/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/spi/AbstractConfigModel.java
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diff --git a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/spi/AbstractConfigModel.java b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/spi/AbstractConfigModel.java
index 31c2395..7f12753 100644
--- a/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/spi/AbstractConfigModel.java
+++ b/validation/src/main/java/org/apache/tamaya/validation/spi/AbstractConfigModel.java
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
  */
 package org.apache.tamaya.validation.spi;
 
-import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ConfigModel;
+import org.apache.tamaya.validation.ValidationModel;
 
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 /**
  * Default configuration Model for a configuration area.
  */
-public abstract class AbstractConfigModel implements ConfigModel, Comparable<ConfigModel> {
+public abstract class AbstractConfigModel implements ValidationModel, Comparable<ValidationModel> {
     private final String owner;
     private final String name;
     private final String description;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractConfigModel implements ConfigModel, Comparable<Con
     }
 
     @Override
-    public int compareTo(ConfigModel configModel) {
+    public int compareTo(ValidationModel configModel) {
         int compare = getType().compareTo(configModel.getType());
         if (compare != 0) {
             return compare;