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014
015package org.apache.tapestry.form;
016
017/**
018 * Implemented by form components that can need to be translated and validated. During render the
019 * translator is used to translated the value to a string. During rewind, the submitted value is
020 * translated back into an object by the translator and then validated.
021 * 
022 * @author Paul Ferraro
023 * @since 4.0
024 */
025public interface ValidatableField extends IFormComponent
026{
027    /**
028     * Coerced into an Iterator of Validators
029     */
030    public Object getValidators();
031}