[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (ANN-703) @Past and @Future should support inclusive and exclusive boundaries

@Past and @Future should support inclusive and exclusive boundaries ------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: ANN-703 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/ANN-703 Project: Hibernate Annotations Issue Type: Improvement Components: validator Affects Versions: 3.3.1.CR1 Reporter: Dan Allen Fix For: 3.3.1 Attachments: FutureValidator.java, PastValidator.java Original Estimate: 2 hours Remaining Estimate: 2 hours The @Future and @Past annotations do not offer a way to include the current date in the range, operating under the pretense of an exclusive boundary condition. The current date is often needed in the range. For instance, a registration date can be today or any time in the future. You might have recorded an observation today or any time in the past. My suggestion is to add an attribute named "inclusive" which implies that the current date is included. @Future(inclusive = true) @Past(inclusive = true) Feel free to use another name for the attribute. The default, of course, is false for backwards compatibility.