[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Created: (ANN-703) @Past and @Future should support inclusive and exclusive boundaries

[Dan Allen (JIRA)]

@Past and @Future should support inclusive and exclusive boundaries
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                 Key: ANN-703
                 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/ANN-703
             Project: Hibernate Annotations
          Issue Type: Improvement
          Components: validator
    Affects Versions: 3.3.1.CR1
            Reporter: Dan Allen
             Fix For: 3.3.1


The @Future and @Past annotations do not offer a way to include the current date in the range, operating under the pretense of an exclusive boundary condition. The current date is often needed in the range. For instance, a registration date can be today or any time in the future. You might have recorded an observation today or any time in the past.

My suggestion is to add an attribute named "inclusive" which implies that the current date is included.

@Future(inclusive = true)
@Past(inclusive = true)

Feel free to use another name for the attribute. The default, of course, is false for backwards compatibility.

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