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package org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation;

import javax.validation.ValidationException;

import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * {@link LocalValidatorFactoryBean} subclass that simply turns
 * {@link org.springframework.validation.Validator} calls into no-ops
 * in case of no Bean Validation provider being available.
 *
 * <p>This is the actual class used by Spring's MVC configuration namespace,
 * in case of the {@code javax.validation} API being present but no explicit
 * Validator having been configured.
 *
 * @author Juergen Hoeller
 * @since 4.0.1
 */
public class OptionalValidatorFactoryBean extends LocalValidatorFactoryBean {

	@Override
	public void afterPropertiesSet() {
		try {
			super.afterPropertiesSet();
		}
		catch (ValidationException ex) {
			LogFactory.getLog(getClass()).debug("Failed to set up a Bean Validation provider", ex);
		}
	}

}
