Hi,

On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 1:38 PM, Gunnar Morling <gunnar@hibernate.org> wrote:

I *think* Matt and Emmanuel support that @Valid should be required
(but confirmation would be nice). What do others think?

+1 from me on requiring @Valid.

Typically the validation of the bean can be an heavy process and you might not want to trigger it.

Guillaume