Validator cannot find validation.xml unless is placed in /WEB-INF/classes/META-INF ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: BVAL-200 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/BVAL-200 Project: Bean Validation Issue Type: Bug Components: ri-general - obsolete go to HValidator Environment: Java SE 1.5.0_10; Hibernate Validator 4.0.2.GA. Reporter: Cris Webber Priority: Minor Hibernate Validator requires that the validation.xml file is placed in the META-INF directory in order to load it. In the case of having a WAR file, placing the validation.xml file in /META-INF (at the same level as the WEB-INF directory) does not work, as Hibernate Validator cannot find the file there. Placing the file in /WEB-INF/classes/META-INF worked fine. I believe this is just a workaround and Hibernate Validator should be able to find validation.xml in /META-INF. -- 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