[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Updated: (HV-353) Support inheritance for marker interfaces

[ http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HV-353?page=com... ] Hardy Ferentschik updated HV-353: --------------------------------- Description: Currently, constraints use marker interface specified in the group attribute to determine whether a constraint is active for a certain context. Unfortunately, group membership doesn't seem to support inheritance which would greatly reduce the number of markers required (and processing since you need less markers). E.g. (contrived) {code} public interface CheckVehicle{} public interface CheckCar extends CheckVehicle{} public interface CheckBicycle extends CheckVehicle{} //bean @AssertTrue(groups={CheckVehicle.class}) Boolean workingBrakes() @NotNull(groups={CheckBicycle.class}) String brakeType() {code} If the active group is CheckBicycle, it should validate both workingBrakes and brakeType. It should be a relatively simply change as well. was: Currently, constraints use marker interface specified in the group attribute to determine whether a constraint is active for a certain context. Unfortunately, group membership doesn't seem to support inheritance which would greatly reduce the number of markers required (and processing since you need less markers). E.g. (contrived) public interface CheckVehicle{} public interface CheckCar extends CheckVehicle{} public interface CheckBicycle extends CheckVehicle{} //bean @AssertTrue(groups={CheckVehicle.class}) Boolean workingBrakes() @NotNull(groups={CheckBicycle.class}) String brakeType() If the active group is CheckBicycle, it should validate both workingBrakes and brakeType. It should be a relatively simply change as well. Fix Version/s: 4.2.0 Component/s: (was: annotation-processor) engine -- 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