Hibernate-Validator and

[bigm25]

Hi,

when i do

ClassValidator cv = new ClassValidator(MyBean.class);
cv.getInvalidValues(aReallyNewAndTransientBeanInstance);

the validator will NOT complain about an invalid bean. (Altough everything works as expected when i try to persist this bean or when i check a detached bean.)

I traced into ClassValidator to see whats happening and i found this code:

for ( int i = 0; i < memberValidators.size() ; i++ ) {
 Member getter = memberGetters.get( i );
 if ( Hibernate.isPropertyInitialized(bean, getter.getName() ) ) {
 Object value = getMemberValue( bean, getter );
 Validator validator = memberValidators.get( i );
 if ( !validator.isValid( value ) ) {
 String propertyName = getPropertyName( getter );
 results.add( new InvalidValue( messages.get( validator ), beanClass, propertyName, value, bean ) );
 }
 }
 }

The thing ist that

Hibernate.isPropertyInitialized(...)

returns false for a "new" (transient) bean, and so all my member/property constraints do NOT get checked....


Is this a bug or is there a way to "initialize" a transient bean for use with the validatior?

Rgds,

[bigm25]

...it seems that with "pure" hibernate, one could do

Session.initialize( transientInstance)

, but i can't find an equivalent method in EntityManager.

Any ideas?

[epbernard]

This is a bug, please open a JIRA issue http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Dashboard.jspa

[bigm25]

done.

http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/ANN-301


(and sorry for the crosspost in hibernate forum)

[epbernard]

fixed in SVN