[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Updated: (HV-360) DefaultTraversableResolver.isReachable() should be enhanced to return true for validations with group other than Default

DefaultTraversableResolver.isReachable() should be enhanced to return true for validations with group other than Default ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Key: HV-360 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HV-360 Project: Hibernate Validator Issue Type: Improvement Components: engine Affects Versions: 4.1.0.Final Reporter: Georges-Etienne Legendre Assignee: Hardy Ferentschik Fix For: 4.2.0.CR1 We use Bean Validator to validate transition between domain object states. We use groups to allow different validations for each state. When we want to change the state of an object, we get the object from the database (using JPA). However, because we use LAZY loading, only the loaded beans get validated. This causes problems because nothing is in fact validated (other than the first bean of course). I know the JSR tells that the default TraversableResolver should verify if JPA is in the classpath. However, this doesn't make sense when groups are used for the purpose described above. There are 2 workarounds: * Disable LAZY loading! * Implement a TraversableResolver that returns true for isReachable() However, I'm wondering if the DefaultTraversableResolver.isReachable() can be enhanced to return true for validations with group other than Default.