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HV-372: Adding documentation for method validation to reference guide…
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HV-372: Fixing typos, improving wording/formatting
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16 changes: 14 additions & 2 deletions hibernate-validator/src/main/docbook/en-US/modules/customconstraints.xml
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annotated with it</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<tip>
<para>Hibernate Validator provides support for the validation of
method parameters using constraint annotations (see <xref
linkend="validator-customoptions-methodvalidation" />).</para>

<para>In order to use a custom constraint for parameter validation the
<classname>ElementType.PARAMETER</classname> must be specified within
the <classname>@Target</classname> annotation. This is already the
case for all constraints defined by the Bean Validation API and also
the custom constraints provided by Hibernate Validator.</para>
</tip>
</section>

<section id="validator-customconstraints-validator">
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<para>Next, we need to implement a constraint validator, that's able to
validate elements with a <classname>@CheckCase</classname> annotation.
To do so, we implement the interface ConstraintValidator as shown
below:</para>
To do so, we implement the interface
<classname>ConstraintValidator</classname> as shown below:</para>

<example id="example-constraint-validator">
<title>Implementing a constraint validator for the constraint
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