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+/*-
+ * ============LICENSE_START=======================================================
+ * ONAP
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ * Licensed 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.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.onap.policy.common.parameters;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.AnnotatedType;
+
+/**
+ * Validator of an "item", which is typically found in a collection, or the key or value
+ * components of an entry in a Map.
+ */
+public class ItemValidator extends ValueValidator {
+    private final AnnotatedType annotatedType;
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs the object.
+     *
+     * @param validator provider of validation methods
+     * @param annotatedType a type having validation annotations to be
+     *        applied to the item
+     */
+    public ItemValidator(BeanValidator validator, AnnotatedType annotatedType) {
+        this(validator, annotatedType, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructs the object.
+     *
+     * @param validator provider of validation methods
+     * @param annotatedType a type having validation annotations to be
+     *        applied to the item
+     * @param addValidators {@code true} if to add validators
+     */
+    public ItemValidator(BeanValidator validator, AnnotatedType annotatedType, boolean addValidators) {
+        this.annotatedType = annotatedType;
+
+        if (addValidators) {
+            validator.addValidators(this);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets an annotation from the field or the class.
+     *
+     * @param annotClass annotation class of interest
+     * @return the annotation, or {@code null} if the {@link #annotatedType} does
+     *         not contain the desired annotation
+     */
+    @Override
+    public <T extends Annotation> T getAnnotation(Class<T> annotClass) {
+        return annotatedType.getAnnotation(annotClass);
+    }
+}