Cannot fully disable integration with Hibernate Validator --------------------------------------------------------- Key: ANN-502 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/ANN-502 Project: Hibernate Annotations Type: Improvement

Components: validator Versions: 3.2.0.cr2 Reporter: Jacek Chleborowicz Priority: Minor

I use Hibernate Validator for application-level validation. I disabled pre-insert and pre-update event listeners from Hibernate Validator. I allow persisting data, which doesn't match validation rules defined by Hibernate Validator annotations. Unfortunately Hibernate Validator is used in metamodel construction and i cannot disable it. For example, if i use @NotNull annotation, i've got: PropertyValueException with message "not-null property references a null or transient value: ...", because @NotNull annotation is recognized in metamodel construction. There should be configuration property defining if Hibernate integrates with Hibernate Validator. It should enable/disable: - usage of Hibernate Validator in metamodel construction; - registration of Validator event listeners.