That's a good point. The proposal currently suggests to redefine BeanDescriptor#isConstrained() to let it return true also if there are any method level constraints. Another idea would be to leave it as is and add another method such as isMethodConstrained(), slightly simplifying your use case. I think I actually would like that better. WDYT? Am 30.01.2012 09:47 schrieb "Emmanuel Bernard" <emmanuel(a)hibernate.org&gt;: _______________________________________________ beanvalidation-dev mailing list beanvalidation-dev(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/beanvalidation-dev