Create a Java agent to enfore method level validation (design by contract) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HV-432 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HV-432 Project: Hibernate Validator Issue Type: Task Components: engine Affects Versions: 4.2.0.Final Reporter: Hardy Ferentschik Fix For: 4.x Google released Contract for Java - http://code.google.com/p/cofoja/ - which is a Java implementations for Design by Contract. Googles version uses a set of annotations, an annotation processor and a runtime java agent (see their documentation). We have all the pieces for doing this as well. * We have the constraint annotations * We have an annotation processor (obviously it does something else now, but we know how to write one) * And we have Byteman I wonder whether we couldn't put these things together and create our own Contract for Java. -- 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