Re: [bv-dev] Proposal for supporting new Java 8 date/time types
> Another thing: If @Future and @Past support types like
LocalDate,
YearMonth and Year, should we perhaps enhance them to allow the user
to specify that the "current" year/month/date should also be valid?
That's a very good point, too! This one has been specifically
brought up with https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/BVAL-466
<https://hibernate.atlassian.net/browse/BVAL-466>;. It seems sensible
to add an annotation parameter for this given the support for these
non-instant types. When looking at your example, I'd have a hard
time though to reason the exact semantics of inclusive(). I hope we
could find something more descriptive?
I agree that "inclusive" isn't a good name. I'm open for any ideas. ;-)
Perhaps just provide annotations for their inverse.
NotFuture/NotInFuture = past + now (past inclusive)
NotPast/NotInPast = future + now (future inclusive)
Or perhaps a general modifying annotation, that can be applied to
everything to invert the matching logic:
@Not
Inverts the matching logic on this element.
@Not @Past
@Not @Pattern("TRUE|FALSE") // hard to write without the @Not
--John