[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Assigned: (HV-214) Constraints from interfaces and superclasses are not inherited when XML descriptors are used

Constraints from interfaces and superclasses are not inherited when XML descriptors are used -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HV-214 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HV-214 Project: Hibernate Validator Issue Type: Bug Components: engine Affects Versions: 4.0.0.Beta3 Reporter: Igor Drobiazko Assignee: Hardy Ferentschik Fix For: 4.0.0.CR1 Attachments: test.zip When using XML descriptors the contraints from interfaces and superclasses are not inherited. Let's have a look at following example. public interface Person { String getFirstName(); String getMiddleName(); String getLastName(); } public class Customer implements Person { private String firstName; private String middleName; private String lastName; private String customerId; private String password; ... } <constraint-mappings xmlns="http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/mapping" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation= "http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/mapping validation-mapping-1.0.xsd"> <default-package>com.acme</default-package> <bean class="Person" ignore-annotations="false"> <getter name="firstName"> <constraint annotation="javax.validation.constraints.NotNull"/> </getter> </bean> <bean class="Customer" ignore-annotations="false"> <field name="lastName"> <constraint annotation="javax.validation.constraints.NotNull"/> </field> </bean> </constraint-mappings> The constraint @NotNull for the property firstName is not considered. A Customer without a firstName would pass the validation successfuly. Accoring to annotations it should be possible to define contraints for superclasses and interfaces which will be inherited. A testcase is attached.