On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:49:24 +0100, Emmanuel Bernard <emmanuel(a)hibernate.org > wrote: > I don't think HibernateValidatorConfiguration should go in the > engine package. That's a public API. it should stay in the root > package. Ok. The main point was to remove the engine / impl distinction which felt kind of arbitrary. Also the MessageInterpolator and ConstraintFactory handling has changed. I think now it makes more sense and we don't have to pass the references around everywhere. Let me work a little more in this area. I will keep in mind that in the end HibernateValidatorConfiguration should move up again.