[ http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/BVAL-219?page=c... ] Emmanuel Bernard commented on BVAL-219: --------------------------------------- Gerhard actually it's a bad practice not to expect calls to #toString at any time. imo the real question is that it might expose information which might be surprising. in one of my projects i used InvalidValueAware as workaround. for sure it isn't that nice as well. -> #1: for simple data-types like primitives, dates,... there is imo no problem to call #toString #2: we have to thing about a nice approach how we can handle more complex cases btw. give the user more control for such cases - maybe with an additional annotation for such special methods. -- 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

[ https://hibernate.onjira.com/browse/BVAL-219?page=com.atlassian.jira.plug... ] Hardy Ferentschik commented on BVAL-219: ---------------------------------------- +1 for this feature. I also think that the format string approach is quite generic and nice. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira