I tried to implement example from http://community.jboss.org/wiki/AccessingtheHibernateSessionwithinaConstraintValidator

In example we need to create custom ConstraintValidatorFactory. According to example, our custom ConstraintValidatorFactory has to extend ConstraintValidatorFactoryImpl. And in getInstance() method it calls parent method: super.getInstance(key).

But in hibernate validator 4.2.0.Final(which I use) this method (getInstance of ConstraintValidatorFactoryImpl) is final. That's why I can't override method getInstance(). What I should do?

Thank you.

And I discoveered, that deprecated method "connection()" of org.hibernate.Session is used.

I think, that this example is outdated. Can anybody give actual example, how to access Hibernate Session within a ConstraintValidator? Or how to realize @Unique constraint?

Hi,

right ConstraintValidatorFactoryImpl is not final, but if you look at the actual code getInstance does not much:

Just implement ConstraintValidatorFactory directly.

Regarding connection(), this call is indeed deprecated (for a long time in fact). However, there is no real alternative atm. So the connection part still holds, only the factory code needs to be adjusted. Feel free to leave a comment on the wiki.

--Hardy