DefaultValidationProviderResolver should not throw an exception when a specified provider cannot be loaded ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: BVAL-280 URL: https://hibernate.onjira.com/browse/BVAL-280 Project: Bean Validation Issue Type: Task Reporter: Hardy Ferentschik See DefaultValidationProviderResolver line 347 {code} catch ( ClassNotFoundException e ) { //TODO is it better to not fail the whole loading because of a black sheep? throw new ValidationException( "Unable to load Bean Validation provider " + name, e ); } {code} -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira