s:validateAll or @NotNull bug

[bruce3]

There appears to be a bug in s:validateAll or @NotNull given the following behaviour: If you input a blank field which is enclosed in an s:validateAll tag and the associated getter field on the entity is annotated with @NotNull, then the application will throw an exception if the input field does not include required="true". If you then include required="true" on the input field, the exception goes away.

[gavin.king]

Yes, this is a limitation of JSF. It is not possible to validate nullness using a JSF validator. You need to use required=true.

[phicorp]

Thanks for answering my post Gavin.
Also could you briefly comment on the @IfInvalid annotation eg. does it still function as expected?
I am asking the question because I think that only the Issues example in the Seam 1.0 GA release uses the @IfInvalid annotation.

[gavin.king]

Yes, it still works, but I am probably going to deprecate it.