Would be cool if the annotations stayed w/in JSR 220.  For example, a lot us 
already have this in our models

@Column(name = "crew_id", unique = false, nullable = false, insertable = true, 
updatable = true, length = 255, precision = 19, scale = 2)

It would be weird, but it could be used by people NOT using ejb3 .

Dennis Byrne

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sylvain Vieujot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Monday, March 13, 2006 09:35 AM
>To: 'MyFaces Development'
>Subject: Re: hibernate validator
>
>I agree, it would be very nice and avoid double validation code for the
>hibernate users.
>It would also prevent meaning less errors for the users and show the
>exact problem.
>
>Great idea !
>
>Sylvain.
>
>On Sat, 2006-03-11 at 17:45 +0100, Jurgen Lust wrote:
>
>> How about this approach?
>> 
>>      1. You annotate your model classes with Hibernate Validator
>>         annotations, for example @Range(min=10, max=20)
>>      2. You don't put any validators in the JSPs
>>      3. You implement a custom PropertyResolverImpl that does the
>>         following:
>>              1. set the property
>>              2. perform the validation with HibernateValidator on the
>>                 property
>>              3. if the value is invalid, set the property to its
>>                 original value and throw an EvaluationException
>>              4. The JSP is rendered with a FacesMessage next to the
>>                 input, containing the Hibernate Validator error
>>                 message.
>> Advantages:
>>       * All validation is in 1 place, the model class, where it
>>         belongs
>>       * Much cleaner JSP
>> Disadvantages:
>>       * You completely bypass the JSF process validations phase,
>>         however, since the custom PropertyResolver would reset the
>>         property to its old value when a validation error occurs, this
>>         would not really be a problem.
>> 
>> This approach would not work at the moment, or at least until
>> MYFACES-1157 is fixed.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> Jurgen
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Jurgen Lust schreef: 
>> 
>> > Hi, 
>> > 
>> > I've been playing around with Hibernate Annotations a bit, and
>> > noticed that there is also something like the Hibernate Validator:
>> > http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/annotations/reference/en/html/validator.html
>> >  
>> > 
>> > This allows you to specify constraints on your model classes, using
>> > jdk 5.0 annotations. Hibernate then automatically enforces these
>> > contraints in the persistence tier of your application. 
>> > 
>> > Now I was thinking that this could also be used with JSF. Instead of
>> > putting all the JSF validation stuff in the JSPs, you should be able
>> > to use those annotations  in the validate phase. 
>> > Has anyone tried this yet? Would it be possible, and are there any
>> > pitfalls? 
>> > 
>> > regards, 
>> > 
>> > Jurgen 
>> 
>> 
>


Reply via email to