[ https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-11956?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin... ] Ronald Sigal commented on WFLY-11956: ------------------------------------- There seem to be two issues. 1. As Christian has verified, it seems that getHelloGreeting() is getting called because A) it is a getter, and B) @Valid says that the returned GreetingModel should be validated, which means that getHelloGreeting() must be called. [By the way, getHelloGreeting() is called twice by way of isCascadeRequired() and getCascadableValue() in the method validateCascadedConstraints() in org.hibernate.validator.internal.engine.ValidatorImpl: {code} if ( isCascadeRequired( validationContext, valueContext.getCurrentBean(), valueContext.getPropertyPath(), elementType ) ) { Object value = getCascadableValue( validationContext, valueContext.getCurrentBean(), cascadable ); {code} ] It seems to me that there should be a global way to prevent getters from being called. In fact, the default behavior is that getters are *not* called. But, beyond that, adding a META-INF/validation.xml with something like {code} <executable-validation> <default-validated-executable-types> <executable-type>CONSTRUCTORS</executable-type> <executable-type>NON_GETTER_METHODS</executable-type> </default-validated-executable-types> </executable-validation> {code} should, I think, solve the problem. When I try that, though, it doesn't seem to help. [~guillaume.smet], can you comment on that? 2. The other issue is the fact that validation is instigated by JaxrsInjectionTarget.inject(). Probably I should check for the presence of a @PostConstruct annotated method, and, in its presence, start validation from JaxrsInjectionTarget.postConstruct(). So that's a fixable bug. -- This message was sent by Atlassian Jira (v7.12.1#712002)