[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Created: (HV-214) Constraints from interfaces and superclasses are not inherited when XML descriptors are used

[Igor Drobiazko (JIRA)]

Constraints from interfaces and superclasses are not inherited when XML descriptors are used
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                 Key: HV-214
                 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HV-214
             Project: Hibernate Validator
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: engine
    Affects Versions: 4.0.0.Beta3
            Reporter: Igor Drobiazko
         Attachments: test.zip

When using XML descriptors the contraints from interfaces and superclasses are not inherited. Let's have a look at following example.

public interface Person {

    String getFirstName();

    String getMiddleName();

    String getLastName();
}


public class Customer implements Person {

    private String firstName;
    private String middleName;
    private String lastName;
    private String customerId;
    private String password;
    ...
}

<constraint-mappings
    xmlns="http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/mapping"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation=
    "http://jboss.org/xml/ns/javax/validation/mapping validation-mapping-1.0.xsd">
    
    <default-package>com.acme</default-package>
    
    <bean class="Person" ignore-annotations="false">
        <getter name="firstName">
            <constraint annotation="javax.validation.constraints.NotNull"/>
        </getter>
    </bean>
    
    <bean class="Customer" ignore-annotations="false">
        <field name="lastName">
            <constraint annotation="javax.validation.constraints.NotNull"/>
        </field>
    </bean>
</constraint-mappings>

The constraint @NotNull for the property firstName is not considered. A Customer without a firstName would pass the validation successfuly. 

Accoring to annotations it should be possible to define contraints for superclasses and interfaces which will be inherited.

A testcase is attached.

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