[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Assigned: (HV-266) NullPointerException when trying to validate an object with a class-level constraint annotation.

NullPointerException when trying to validate an object with a class-level constraint annotation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: HV-266 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HV-266 Project: Hibernate Validator Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 4.0.1.GA Reporter: Marcus Brito Assignee: Hardy Ferentschik The JPATraversableResolver seems to fumble when passed a property path of "" (constraint on root bean class): {code} java.lang.NullPointerException at java.lang.Class.searchFields(Class.java:2599) at java.lang.Class.getField0(Class.java:2618) at java.lang.Class.getField(Class.java:1518) at org.hibernate.ejb.util.PersistenceUtilHelper.get(PersistenceUtilHelper.java:84) at org.hibernate.ejb.util.PersistenceUtilHelper.isLoadedWithReference(PersistenceUtilHelper.java:76) at org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence.isLoadedWithReference(HibernatePersistence.java:178) at javax.persistence.Persistence$1.isLoaded(Persistence.java:81) at org.hibernate.validator.engine.resolver.JPATraversableResolver.isReachable(JPATraversableResolver.java:33) at org.hibernate.validator.engine.resolver.DefaultTraversableResolver.isReachable(DefaultTraversableResolver.java:112) at org.hibernate.validator.engine.resolver.SingleThreadCachedTraversableResolver.isReachable(SingleThreadCachedTraversableResolver.java:47) at org.hibernate.validator.engine.ValidatorImpl.isValidationRequired(ValidatorImpl.java:764) at org.hibernate.validator.engine.ValidatorImpl.validateConstraint(ValidatorImpl.java:331) at org.hibernate.validator.engine.ValidatorImpl.validateConstraintsForRedefinedDefaultGroup(ValidatorImpl.java:278) at org.hibernate.validator.engine.ValidatorImpl.validateConstraintsForCurrentGroup(ValidatorImpl.java:260) at org.hibernate.validator.engine.ValidatorImpl.validateInContext(ValidatorImpl.java:213) at org.hibernate.validator.engine.ValidatorImpl.validate(ValidatorImpl.java:119) {code}