[hibernate-dev] HV: Considering static vs. runtime type for property path creation

[Emmanuel Bernard]

I don't have any strong opinion.
I'd be tempted to say you are right. It seems to be somebody expecting a non indexable path would not be hurt if the Path structure returned an indexable version. Can you also create a BVAL issue so that the spec gets clarified.

On 21 avr. 2011, at 00:11, Gunnar Morling wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> there was an interesting question on the Validator forum
> (https://forum.hibernate.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=1010626&start=0)
> which IMO boils down to the question whether the static or the runtime
> type of an association should be considered when creating property
> paths in case of cascading validations.
> 
> An example:
> 
> class Foo {
> 
>    private Collection<Bar> bar1 = new ArrayList<Bar>();
> 
>    private List<Bar> bar2 = new ArrayList<Bar>();
> 
> }
> 
> When validating an instance of Foo (which has invalid elements in
> bar1/bar2) with HV, the resulting property path node for bar1 would be
> iterable but not indexable ("bar1[]"), while the property path node
> for bar2 would be iterable and indexable ("bar2[123]"). This is that
> way because the static type of bar1/bar2 (Collection vs. List) is
> considered when building the nodes, and not the runtime type
> (ArrayList in both cases).
> 
> That said, basing the path on the runtime type instead would seem
> reasonable to me, too (as for instance the constraints to validate are
> also determined based on the runtime type of references). I scanned
> through the BV spec. (section 4.5) but didn't find a clear answer
> which approach should be followed. Are there any opinions on that?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Gunnar