[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HV-295) Apply constraints on the elements of an iterator

[ http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HV-295?page=com... ] Emmanuel Bernard commented on HV-295: ------------------------------------- Use a specific group as a marker to define that a constraint should be applied on the elements @NotNull @Size(max=30) @Size(max=50, groups=OnElements.class) @Email(groups=OnElements.class) Collection<String> emails; @NotNull and @Size(30) are applied on the collection and @Size(50) and @Email are applied on the elements of the collection This solution reads extremely well but is kind of a hack of groups as this special group does not convey the semantic of groups. An alternative approach is to use Payloads @NotNull @Size(max=30) @Size(max=50, payload=OnElements.class) @Email(payload=OnElements.class) Collection<String> emails; but I am reluctant to use payload for some core behaviors of Bean Validation -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira