[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (BVAL-285) ValidatorFactory#close should clearly state post condidtions

[Hardy Ferentschik (JIRA)]

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Hardy Ferentschik commented on BVAL-285:
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I think the problem becomes then the _ConstraintValidatorFactory_. AFAIU one aim of _close_ is to release eg the instantiated _ConstraintValidator_ instances via _ConstraintValidatorFactory#releaseInstance_. You need some sort of life cycle. As a side effect if I am trying to the use a _Validator_ after _close_ was called I am getting into trouble.

> ValidatorFactory#close should clearly state post condidtions 
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: BVAL-285
>                 URL: https://hibernate.onjira.com/browse/BVAL-285
>             Project: Bean Validation
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: spec-general
>    Affects Versions: 1.1.next
>            Reporter: Hardy Ferentschik
>
> The Javadocs for ValidatorFactory#close says:
> {quote}
> After the _ValidatorFactory_ instance is closed, it is not allowed to call:
> * methods of this _ValidatorFactory_ instance
> * methods of _Validator_ instances created by this _ValidatorFactory_
> {quote}
> It does, however, not specified what happens if such a method is called. I think with this wording a post conditions needs to be specified, eg a _ValidationException_ will be thrown. Otherwise the docs should say that the behavior is unspecified if any of the mentioned methods is called after calling _close()_

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