[bv-dev] Distinguishing cross-parameter and generic constraints

[Hardy Ferentschik]

On 21 Jan 2013, at 6:35 PM, Emmanuel Bernard <emmanuel at hibernate.org> wrote:

> I think I like @CrossParametersConstraints more than @Constraint for
> both as it makes things explicit and keep the simple use case as is.

+1 I like an explicit @CrossParametersConstraints also better than attributes on @Constraint.

> But I am intrigued by the @Validates option. In many ways, it's similar
> to how we resolve the right constraint validator based on the type. The
> only difference is that the @Validates annotation refines how Object[]
> should be interpreted. It "fits better" in my opinion.

I could live with this option as well.

> My concern around the latest option is that it forces us to be a
> subclass of ConstraintViolation for the foreseeable future including

you mean ConstraintValidator, right? I don't mind being tied to that,
especially since I never been a big fan of some of the type-safe approaches.


--Hardy