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package javax.resource.spi;
/**
* This interface serves as a marker. An instance of an ActivationSpec must be a
* JavaBean and must be serializable. This holds the activation configuration
* information for a message endpoint.
*
* @version 1.0
* @author Ram Jeyaraman
*/
public interface ActivationSpec extends ResourceAdapterAssociation {
/**
* This method may be called by a deployment tool to validate the overall
* activation configuration information provided by the endpoint deployer.
* This helps to catch activation configuration errors earlier on without
* having to wait until endpoint activation time for configuration
* validation. The implementation of this self-validation check behavior is
* optional.
*
* Note: Since Java EE Connector 1.6 specification, resource adapter
* implementations are recommended to use the annotations or the XML
* validation deployment descriptor facilities defined by the Bean Validation
* specification to express their validation requirements of its configuration
* properties to the application server.
*
* @throws <code>InvalidPropertyException</code> indicates invalid
* configuration property settings.
*/
void validate() throws InvalidPropertyException;
}