I see more and more projects start using code generators for their entities. Here are some libraries which generate java code:

1. Immutables
2. AutoValue
3. FreeBuilder

They all seem to adopt direct name accessors instead of getters (from Java Beans):

Example

public interface Entity {
    @NotBlank
    String name();
    // instead of getName();

    @Min(16)
    int age();
    // instead of getAge();
}

It seem that hibernate validator still requires POJOs to follow java bean convention. Having standard getName() / getAge() works just fine.

Is it currently possible to plug custom method name resolution with Validator ?