Hi, I am trying to upgrade an existing Application using Hibernate Validator 3.0.0 to 4.0.2.

I am not able to find a corresponding class for the following classes:
org.hibernate.validator.ValidatorClass -- ? (I read that this class is obsolete - so what am I supposed to replace it with, to get the same functionality)
org.hibernate.validator.InvalidValue -- ?
org.hibernate.validator.InvalidStateException
org.hibernate.validator.ClassValidator -- ?

Hi,

Validator 3.x amd 4.x are completely different code bases. The latter is the reference implementation of the Bean Validation specification (JSR 303). I recommend you have a look at the specification or the Validator online manual - http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/stable/ ... ml_single/ - to see how Bean Validation works.

I am not sure how much it makes sense to just compare classes, but here we go:

org.hibernate.validator.ValidatorClass --> javax.validation.Constraint
org.hibernate.validator.InvalidValue --> javax.validation.ConstraintViolation
org.hibernate.validator.InvalidStateException -> javax.validation.ConstraintViolationException
org.hibernate.validator.ClassValidator --> javax.validation.Validator

I don't think thought that just switching classes will help. You'll need to spend some time with the documentation.

--Hardy