[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Assigned: (HV-159) NullPointerException in ValidatorFactoryImpl, if XML config file doesn't contain at least one constraint and one cascade configuration

NullPointerException in ValidatorFactoryImpl, if XML config file doesn't contain at least one constraint and one cascade configuration -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HV-159 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HV-159 Project: Hibernate Validator Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 4.0.0.Beta1 Reporter: Gunnar Morling Assignee: Hardy Ferentschik Fix For: 4.0.0.Beta2 Attachments: hv-bugscenario.zip When using the XML based approach for constraint configuration, I get - a NullPointerException in ValidatorFactoryImpl, line 98, if I don't have at least one constraint configuration declared such as <field name="orderDate"> <constraint annotation="javax.validation.constraints.Past"> <message>Some overridden message.</message> </constraint> </field> - a NullPointerException in ValidatorFactoryImpl, line 100, if I don't have at least one cascade configuration declared such as <field name="orderLines"> <valid/> </field> The attached project demonstrates the problem. By uncommenting the two field elements in src/main/resources/META-INF/validation/order-constraints.xml the test will run successfully.