Re: [hibernate-dev] [Validator] method level validation

Hi, I pushed a first rough draft for the method-level validation to GitHub at http://github.com/gunnarmorling/hibernate-validator/tree/method-level-pre... Currently only validateParameter() is implemented, but it shows, where the journey could be going. The draft is implemented as outlined in my previous mail: * MethodConstraintViolation extends ConstraintViolation with two attributes "method" and "parameterIndex", which are always set * ConstraintViolation#rootBean and propertyPath are set relative to any parameter annotated with @Valid, otherwise they are null The test at http://github.com/gunnarmorling/hibernate-validator/blob/method-level-pre... should give you an impression. Validation is triggered by a dynamic proxy/invocation handler in the test. I think I'll have a look at the property path stuff next. I'm still not sure, whether the path API is the right thing to represent parameters. Using annotations for parameter names is a good idea, but as you said it should be optional. Method-level validation should not require name annotations.