Re: [bv-dev] Specifying no validator for cross-param constraint
Remember that I some point we discussed the ability to associate a
constraint and its implementation via a registry or service locator
mechanism.
https://hibernate.onjira.com/browse/BVAL-252
In that environment, the idea of a mandatory validatedBy element on
@CrossParameterConstraint is not very appealing. We could:
- make it an array but it's really the 0 or 1 semantic we are looking
for
- accept any class so that we can use void.class as default value
- use the @Validates approach
Emmanuel
On Fri 2013-02-08 16:10, Hardy Ferentschik wrote:
Hi,
Is this not where 'include-existing-validators="true"' in the XML
config comes into play as well?
So it is still possible to configure via XML with the default constraint implementation
in- or excluded.
I don't see a need for a provided NoOpValidator provided by the API. If you don't
want to provide a
actual implementation you can create your own dummy.
I still against option #1. So I guess I reasoned myself into #3
--Hardy
On 8 Jan 2013, at 2:56 PM, Gunnar Morling <gunnar(a)hibernate.org> wrote:
> All,
>
> I just noticed that it's currently not possible to specify *no* validator type
for cross-parameter constraints:
>
> @CrossParameterConstraint(validatedBy=...)
> MyCrossParamConstraint{ ... }
>
> Not specifying a validator might be relevant for people who want to hide their
validator implementations and e.g. configure them via XML. Null is not allowed as
annotation member value, and it's also not possible to specify
ConstraintValidator.class as dummy value (doesn't compile).
>
> Note that the problem doesn't exist with @Constraint where validatedBy() expects
an array of class objects, allowing empty arrays. The following solutions come to my
mind:
>
> #1 Get rid of @CrossParameterConstraint, use @Validates on validator
implementations, as discussed as alternative before
>
> #2 Offer a dummy NoOpValidator in the API, obviously rather inelegant
>
> #3 Ignore the problem, maybe the use case is really uncommon? If required, recommend
people to use their own dummy validator and override it via XML
>
> On a related note, if sticking to @CrossParameterConstraint, we may consider to
narrow the type of supported validators:
>
> public @interface CrossParameterConstraint {
> Class<? extends ConstraintValidator<?, Object[]>>
validatedBy();
> }
>
> I.e., only validators for Object[] would be allowed (currently that's demanded
by the JavaDocs only).
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> --Gunnar
>
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