Hi, While working on the implementation of 1.1.0.Alpha1 I came across BVAL-265. Basically the follwoing method got added to Configuration: /** * Return information stored in the configuration source (typically the <i>META-INF/validation.xml</i> * file). * Implementations are encouraged to lazily build this object to delay parsing. * * @return {@code ConfigurationSource} object */ ConfigurationSource getConfigurationSource(); Where ConfigurationSource exposes the different bootstrap parameters as strings, e.g. getMessageInterpolatorClassName() For me the following questions arise: * How do I interpret "typically the "META-INF/validation.xml file" - typically implies an alternative. Is there is one how do I differentiate between these alternatives? Shouldn't the docs read "Return information stored in META-INF/validation.xml"? * What do I return if there is no validation.xml? null? Or the class names of the implementations default implementations? * Last but not least, why ConfigurationSource? If I look at the class I see configuration parameters so why not call this (ValidationXml)ConfigurationParamters or (ValidationXml)BootstrapParameters. "Source" implies for me that I can get information about how the configuration was provided, e.g. XML vs programmatic. Thoughts? --Hardy