[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Resolved: (JBPORTAL-1939) JSF Validator cannot be cast to javax.faces.validator.Validator

JSF Validator cannot be cast to javax.faces.validator.Validator ---------------------------------------------------------------- Key: JBPORTAL-1939 URL: http://jira.jboss.com/jira/browse/JBPORTAL-1939 Project: JBoss Portal Issue Type: Bug Security Level: Public(Everyone can see) Affects Versions: Identity-1.0 Environment: JBoss Portal - Identity portlet Reporter: Alex Kachanov JBoss portal is using idenityt portlet to regster new users and edit profiles for existing users I added new my own JSF validator to the identty portlet which when opened throws the following exception: java.lang.ClassCastException: com.kachanov.test004.validators.MyValidator cannot be cast to javax.faces.validator.Validator at org.apache.myfaces.application.ApplicationImpl.createValidator(ApplicationImpl.java:613) The code of my validator is: ========================================================== package com.kachanov.test004.validators; import javax.faces.application.FacesMessage; import javax.faces.component.UIComponent; import javax.faces.context.FacesContext; import javax.faces.validator.Validator; import javax.faces.validator.ValidatorException; public class MyValidator implements Validator { public void validate(FacesContext arg0, UIComponent arg1, Object arg2) throws ValidatorException { System.out.println("testing this validator"); } } ========================================================== So please thell me how can it bee that a class that implements Validator cannot be cast to javax.faces.validator.Validator?????? Is in't it against basic design of Java languages?