Hello,

I have a problem when using a Hibernate Validator with PersistentClassConstraint and the s:validateAll Tag.

When accessing a property of a class which uses this validator within a JSF Page an error occurs due that the Validation Exception is not handled by the s:validateAll Tag. The exception is thrown when the entityManager tries to commit the entity.

Is there a way to validate the whole entity before commiting?

I tried to solve the problem by using a custom JSF validator but in that case it seams that I'm losing some state, because the EntityHome instance returns false for the mehod isManaged after a wrong validation.


I'm using jBoss SEAM 1.2.1.GA and code generated by "seam generate-entities".

The custom hibernate validator annotation:

@ValidatorClass(SerialValidator.class)
@Target(value = ElementType.TYPE)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface Serial {
 String message() default "Wrong Serial";
}

@Entity
@Table(name = "machine")
@Name("machine")
@Serial
public class Machine implements java.io.Serializable
...

<s:decorate id="serialDecoration" template="/layout/edit.xhtml">
 <ui:define name="label">#{messages.serial}</ui:define>
 <h:inputText id="serial" value="#{machineHome.instance.serial}"
 required="true">
 <a:support event="onblur" reRender="machine" />
 </h:inputText>
</s:decorate>