[bv-dev] Triggering method validation

[Hardy Ferentschik]

IMO the annotation has to most importantly make the difference between Bean
and method validation clear. @ValidateConstraints doesn't.


On Jan 27, 2012, at 4:18 PM, Gunnar Morling wrote:

> One potential issue I see here is that "method validation" can also be
> applied to constructors.
> 
> One aspect of this is wording in the spec. There we should IMO have a
> preamble saying something like "method level validation can refer to
> methods and constructors." Another thing is the annotation name we're
> trying to find. Something like @ValidateMethods suggests IMO that no
> constructor validation is performed, or at least leaves room for
> interpretation.
> 
> So maybe @ValidateConstraints?
> 
> Generally I think adjectives make better binding annotation names
> (@Transactional being a good example) instead of imperative names like
> the ones discussed so far. In Seam Validation it's hence named
> @AutoValidating. That's surely not perfect, too, but maybe someone has
> another idea based on that?