[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (ANN-513) Multiple validators of the same type per element (John Gilbert)

Multiple validators of the same type per element (John Gilbert) --------------------------------------------------------------- Key: ANN-513 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/ANN-513 Project: Hibernate Annotations Type: Improvement

Components: validator Versions: 3.2.1 Reporter: Edwin van der Elst Assignee: Emmanuel Bernard Priority: Minor Fix For: 3.2.2 Attachments: ClassValidator.java, validators_patch.txt I have a suggestion for the following problem: I created an Validator to check if a 'date'> 'another date' The annotation looks like this: @After(property="endDate", after="beginDate", message="End should be after begin") Since it involves 2 properties, it is a class-level validation. Now.... I want multiple 'after' validations on a single bean. But that is not possible (you can only place an annotation once on a class). My proposal is to add an annotation 'Validations': @Validations( {@After(...), @After(..)} ) I could do the multiple validations in a single validatorclass, but I want all the messages added to the invalidValues array, not a single message. This change would also require changes in the ClassValidator class. What do you think of this proposal? Should I add it to Jira (I can propably implement it if there are no objections to the required changes)