Hi,

is it possible to implement an "Equals" annotation like in ExtVal or do CrossValidation in another way?

Im using HibernateValidator 4.0.2GA and JSF RI 2.0.1.

Thanks and best regards

Today i also checked the source of the bean validation api and the simplest way is to add the current validated bean to the isValid method in the ConstraintValidator.
So an @Equals annotation would be possible.
Why isn't this implemented ?
Any ideas ?

Hi,

cross-validation can be done by implementing a class level constraint: http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/stable/ ... le/#d0e328

Gunnar

Hi,

AFAIK its actually not possible to use class-level-constraints in JSF.
And why i should use class-level constraints?
if you have an "password" field and an "repeat password" field and you want to cross validate this fields, it should be possible to say that the message should appear on one of those fields (an not for example in the whole web-form). The only way to implement this would be to add the bean to the constraint-validator (so an Equals-annotation would be possible).

Zoigl

I agree this forum.......if you have an "password" field and an "repeat password" field and you want to cross validate this fields, it should be possible to say that the message should appear on one of those fields (an not for example in the whole web-form). The only way to implement this would be to add the bean to the constraint-validator (so an Equals-annotation would be possible).