[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Resolved: (BVAL-281) Improve message when building a ValidatorFactory but no provider is available in the classpath

Improve message when building a ValidatorFactory but no provider is available in the classpath ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: BVAL-281 URL: https://hibernate.onjira.com/browse/BVAL-281 Project: Bean Validation Issue Type: Improvement Components: spec-general Reporter: Emmanuel Bernard Assignee: Hardy Ferentschik Priority: Minor Fix For: 1.1.next {noformat} Caused by: javax.validation.ValidationException: Unable to find a default provider at javax.validation.Validation$GenericBootstrapImpl.configure(Validation.java:264) at javax.validation.Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory(Validation.java:111) {noformat} The exception message should be clearer than it is today something like: {quote} "Found no Bean Validation provider: unable to create a ValidatorFactory. Add a provider like Hibernate Validator (RI) to your classpath." {quote}