[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Created: (ANN-513) Multiple class validators of the same annotationtype

[Edwin van der Elst (JIRA)]

Multiple class validators of the same annotationtype
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         Key: ANN-513
         URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/ANN-513
     Project: Hibernate Annotations
        Type: Improvement

  Components: validator  
    Versions: 3.2.1    
    Reporter: Edwin van der Elst
    Priority: Minor


I have a suggestion for the following problem:
I created an Validator to check if a 'date'> 'another date'

The annotation looks like this:
@After(property="endDate", after="beginDate", message="End should be after begin")

Since it involves 2 properties, it is a class-level validation.

Now....
I want multiple 'after' validations on a single bean.
But that is not possible (you can only place an annotation once on a class).

My proposal is to add an annotation 'Validations':

@Validations( {@After(...), @After(..)} )

I could do the multiple validations in a single validatorclass, but I want all the messages added to the invalidValues array, not a single message.

This change would also require changes in the ClassValidator class.

What do you think of this proposal? Should I add it to Jira (I can propably implement it if there are no objections to the required changes)


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