Simplify GroupSequence for ordered checking ------------------------------------------- Key: BVAL-255 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/BVAL-255 Project: Bean Validation Issue Type: New Feature Components: spec-general Affects Versions: 1.0 final Reporter: Cemo Koc The JSR 303 is becoming defacto solution at enterprise level projects however I think that it has a significant useless part. The current implementation states group sequence must be utilized to ordered validation. In order to use group sequence, one has to define interfaces for each order sequence such this: {code} public class AccountBean { @CheapValidation(groups=Name1.class) @ExpensiveValidation(groups=Name2.class) @VeryExpensiveValidation(groups=Name3.class) String name; @CheapValidation(groups=Surname1.class) @ExpensiveValidation(groups=Surname2.class) @VeryExpensiveValidation(groups=Surname3.class) String surname; public interface Name1 {} public interface Name2 {} public interface Name3 {} @GroupSequence({Name1.class, Name2.class, Name3.class}) public interface Name {} public interface Surname1 {} public interface Surname2 {} public interface Surname3 {} @GroupSequence({Surname1.class, Surname2.class, Surname3.class}) public interface Surname {} } {code} Look the code how it is ugly and useless. What I am offering is a simplified version of ordering such this: {code} public class AccountBean { @CheapValidation(order=0,groups=Name1.class) @ExpensiveValidation(order=1,groups=Name2.class) @VeryExpensiveValidation(order=2,groups=Name3.class) String name; @CheapValidation(order=0,groups=Surname1.class) @ExpensiveValidation(order=1,groups=Surname2.class) @VeryExpensiveValidation(order=2,groups=Surname3.class) String surname; } {code} Almost all enterprise projects needs such kind of things. For example lets say that you want to validate email field by NotEmpty and UniqueAtDatabase. Why should we show two error messages in this case? Shortly, to increase usability and adaptability please solve this issue. PS: This issue is cross posted here and forums. https://forum.hibernate.org/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=1007328 -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira