[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HV-448) Regression in beta2

[ http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HV-448?page=com... ] Gunnar Morling commented on HV-448: ----------------------------------- {quote} However it does not seem consistent - the declarations for return types are not covered in the same manner - see updated testcase where return value constraints are still left on the concrete class - but still passes. {quote} This is because a strengthening of postconditions in sub-types is no problem in programming by contract. A client of a method just might get more guarantees for the return value than he had expected, but that's fine. This is also consistent with getter based property constraints, there the constraints in a hierarchy are conjoined, too. {quote} BTW: How about distributing https://github.com/gunnarmorling/methodvalidation-integration as hibernate-validator-aspects? {quote} Yepp, this might be an idea. I'm not quite sure how to proceed with the integration project. If you're using Seam/CDI, there is [Seam Validation|http://seamframework.org/Seam3/ValidationModule] but we surely need to find a solution for other stacks, too. -- 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