[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Resolved: (HV-353) Support inheritance for marker interfaces

Support inheritance for marker interfaces ----------------------------------------- Key: HV-353 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HV-353 Project: Hibernate Validator Issue Type: Improvement Components: engine Affects Versions: 4.1.0.Final Reporter: Marc Schipperheyn Assignee: Hardy Ferentschik Fix For: 4.2.0.Beta1 Currently, constraints use marker interface specified in the group attribute to determine whether a constraint is active for a certain context. Unfortunately, group membership doesn't seem to support inheritance which would greatly reduce the number of markers required (and processing since you need less markers). E.g. (contrived) {code} public interface CheckVehicle{} public interface CheckCar extends CheckVehicle{} public interface CheckBicycle extends CheckVehicle{} //bean @AssertTrue(groups={CheckVehicle.class}) Boolean workingBrakes() @NotNull(groups={CheckBicycle.class}) String brakeType() {code} If the active group is CheckBicycle, it should validate both workingBrakes and brakeType. It should be a relatively simply change as well.