Author: hardy.ferentschik Date: 2009-06-18 13:18:35 -0400 (Thu, 18 Jun 2009) New Revision: 16839 Modified: validator/trunk/hibernate-validator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validation/engine/ConstraintTree.java Log: Made sure null instance returned from validator factory throws ValidationException Modified: validator/trunk/hibernate-validator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validation/engine/ConstraintTree.java =================================================================== --- validator/trunk/hibernate-validator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validation/engine/ConstraintTree.java 2009-06-18 17:17:48 UTC (rev 16838) +++ validator/trunk/hibernate-validator/src/main/java/org/hibernate/validation/engine/ConstraintTree.java 2009-06-18 17:18:35 UTC (rev 16839) @@ -180,6 +180,11 @@ constraintValidator = ( ConstraintValidator<A, V> ) constraintFactory.getInstance( validatorClass ); + if ( constraintValidator == null ) { + throw new ValidationException( + "Constraint factory returned null when trying to create instance of " + validatorClass.getName() + ); + } constraintValidatorCache.put( validatorClass, constraintValidator ); } else {