Re: [bv-dev] Method validation - cont'd
On May 14, 2012, at 5:18 PM, Matt Benson wrote:
>> * Should method validation methods be defined on
j.v.Validator or a
>> dedicated new interface?
>
> Should be on javax.validation.Validator
Destroying backward compatibilty? Not such a big deal for full-blown
implementations, perhaps, but what about interoperability libraries
that may, for whatever reason, implement javax.validation.Validator?
Shouldn't a user be able to upgrade to a Bean Validation 1.1
implementation and still use libraries built against Bean Validation
1.0?
I think the interoperability library case is really hypothetical. Do you know
of a single such case? I think it is natural that as a specification evolves no
methods get added to interfaces. It is a different story to change existing
methods since this will break existing clients, but adding new functionality
is ok imo.
--Hardy