# Annotation Type Validate

@Retention(RUNTIME) @Target(METHOD) @Incubating @Deprecated public @interface Validate
Deprecated.
The Gradle software model is deprecated and will be removed in Gradle 10. Use the new component model (e.g. `cpp-application`, `cpp-library`, `swift-application`, `swift-library`, `xctest`) instead.
Denotes that the `RuleSource` method rule carrying this annotation validates the rule subject.

Validate rules execute after `Finalize` rules, but before rule subject is used as an input. The first parameter of the rule is the rule subject, which is immutable.

Please see `RuleSource` for more information on method rules.

Since:
  2.4