[ https://hibernate.onjira.com/browse/BVAL-286?page=com.atlassian.jira.plug... ] Hardy Ferentschik updated BVAL-286: ----------------------------------- Description: At several occasions Bean Validation needs to do some class loading or at least needs a class loader (e.g. loading classes specified in the xml configuration, detecting whether JPA is on the classpath in the case of TraversableResolver, loading resource bundles). The spec does not define which class loader should be used in these cases. Hibernate Validator for example first tries the context and then the current class loader. The behavior should be specified and made configurable, eg via a _ClassLoaderService_: {code} public interface ClassLoaderService { <T> Class<T> classForName(String className); ResourceBundle loadBundle(String bundleName, Locale locale); // potentially more class loader related methods ... } {code} An implementation of such a service could be passed if we add _javax.validation.Configuration#classLoaderService(ClassLoaderService)_ Having such a service would also be beneficial for integration of Bean Validation into container/OSGi environments. was: At several occasions Bean Validation needs to do some class loading or at least needs a class loader (e.g. loading classes specified in the xml configuration, detecting whether JPA is on the classpath in the case of TraversableResolver, loading resource bundles). The spec does not define which class loader should be used in these cases. Hibernate Validator for example first tries the context and then the current class loader. The behavior should be specified and made configurable, eg via a _ClassLoaderService_: {code} public interface ClassLoaderService { public <T> Class<T> classForName(String className); // potentially more class loader related methods ... } {code} An implementation of such a service could be passed if we add _javax.validation.Configuration#classLoaderService(ClassLoaderService)_ Having such a service would also be beneficial for integration of Bean Validation into container/OSGi environments. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira