Hi Gunnar,

On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 2:43 PM, Gunnar Morling <gunnar@hibernate.org> wrote:
* Should @NotEmpty mandate the usage of constraint composition (as
it's done in the PRs)? It essentially prescribes an "implementation",
i.e. providers wouldn't even need a constraint validator for it. But
then this excludes any more efficient implementation a provider may
have (well, they could by special-handling this constraint).

I'm not convinced it's such a good idea to use constraint composition for @NotBlank and @NotEmpty. I would let the implementation to the providers, especially since using constraint composition does not really buy us anything in this case.

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Guillaume