I would be great if the "ifInvalid" interceptor annotation could take a severity so that it would not default to FacesMessage.INFO. I would rather have hibernate validation issues as error.

Here is a patch to IfInvalid.java:

Index: IfInvalid.java
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RCS file: /cvsroot/jboss/jboss-seam/src/main/org/jboss/seam/annotations/IfInvalid.java,v
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diff -r1.6 IfInvalid.java
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> import javax.faces.application.FacesMessage;
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> * The string value of the {@link FacesMessage.Severity FacesMessage.Severity} value.
> * Defaults to "Info".
> */
> String severity() default "Info";
> /**

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RCS file: /cvsroot/jboss/jboss-seam/src/main/org/jboss/seam/interceptors/ValidationInterceptor.java,v
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diff -r1.10 ValidationInterceptor.java
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< addMessageToFacesContext(iv);
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> addMessageToFacesContext(iv, ifInvalid.severity());
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< private void addMessageToFacesContext(InvalidValue iv)
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> private void addMessageToFacesContext(InvalidValue iv, String severity)
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< facesContext.addMessage( clientId, new FacesMessage( iv.getMessage() ) );
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> FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage();
> msg.setSummary(iv.getMessage());
> msg.setSeverity((FacesMessage.Severity)FacesMessage.VALUES_MAP.get(severity));
> facesContext.addMessage( clientId, msg );