consider making validator framework truely independant of hibernate core ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: HV-11 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HV-11 Project: Hibernate Validator Issue Type: Improvement Components: legacy Reporter: Andreas Schildbach Fix For: 4.0.0.GA I'd like to use the validator framework, but without pulling hibernate in as a dependency. Currently, if I try to instantiate a ClassValidator, a org.hibernate.MappingException cannot be found. Consequently, the validator framework could also be independent of the rest of the annotations, and be distributed in its own jar.