Re: [bv-dev] Should getters be considered methods during validation
I have to back up Gunnar on this one on all counts :-)
On 9 Jan 2012, at 10:13 AM, Gunnar Morling wrote:
Generally I don't think that considering getters during method
validation really is a problem. So I wouldn't really have a problem with this being
the default behavior (which it also is in the proprietary API in HV 4.3). I'd prefer
that over excluding certain named methods from method validation as this goes against the
principle of least surprise and would feel like an inconsistency to me.
+1
But if validating getters during method validation really is a
problem, I'd expect this to be the case generally throughout an application or system.
Taking the example of JPA entities which used to be validated upon persisting only and now
would their property constraints get validated upon getter invocation, then I'd prefer
to disable getter validation globally instead of marking each individual property with an
annotation.
+1
If I as a user really needed a configuration per element, I could do
so using validation groups. If for instance single constraints should not be validated
upon getter invocation, I could use a group like this:
+1
Are not more people have an opinion on this issue?
--Hardy