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.

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