/**
 * Options passed to validator during validation.
 * @see https://github.com/typestack/class-validator
 *
 * class-validator@0.13.0
 *
 * @publicApi
 */
export interface ValidatorOptions {
    /**
     * If set to true then class-validator will print extra warning messages to the console when something is not right.
     */
    enableDebugMessages?: boolean;
    /**
     * If set to true then validator will skip validation of all properties that are undefined in the validating object.
     */
    skipUndefinedProperties?: boolean;
    /**
     * If set to true then validator will skip validation of all properties that are null in the validating object.
     */
    skipNullProperties?: boolean;
    /**
     * If set to true then validator will skip validation of all properties that are null or undefined in the validating object.
     */
    skipMissingProperties?: boolean;
    /**
     * If set to true validator will strip validated object of any properties that do not have any decorators.
     *
     * Tip: if no other decorator is suitable for your property use @Allow decorator.
     */
    whitelist?: boolean;
    /**
     * If set to true, instead of stripping non-whitelisted properties validator will throw an error
     */
    forbidNonWhitelisted?: boolean;
    /**
     * Groups to be used during validation of the object.
     */
    groups?: string[];
    /**
     * Set default for `always` option of decorators. Default can be overridden in decorator options.
     */
    always?: boolean;
    /**
     * If [groups]{@link ValidatorOptions#groups} is not given or is empty,
     * ignore decorators with at least one group.
     */
    strictGroups?: boolean;
    /**
     * If set to true, the validation will not use default messages.
     * Error message always will be undefined if its not explicitly set.
     */
    dismissDefaultMessages?: boolean;
    /**
     * ValidationError special options.
     */
    validationError?: {
        /**
         * Indicates if target should be exposed in ValidationError.
         */
        target?: boolean;
        /**
         * Indicates if validated value should be exposed in ValidationError.
         */
        value?: boolean;
    };
    /**
     * Settings true will cause fail validation of unknown objects.
     */
    forbidUnknownValues?: boolean;
    /**
     * When set to true, validation of the given property will stop after encountering the first error.
     * This is enabled by default.
     */
    stopAtFirstError?: boolean;
}