We don't use Maven and I need to download the correct version of hibernate-validator that is compatible iwth Java EE 5?

We are using java 6, jee 5, hibernate 3.5.1 and hibernate-jpa-2.0-api-1.0.0.

As Bean Validation / Hibernate Validator is not part of Java EE 5, you can simply add the latest version to your deployed application.

Just download either 4.3.1.Final (latest BV 1.0 compatible version) or 5.0.0.CR5 (latest BV 1.1 compatible candidate release, with 5.0.0.Final due very soon) from our SourceForge project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/hibernate/files/hibernate-validator/).

--Gunnar

Unfortunately that is not possible. Tried using hibernate-validator-4.1.0.Final.jar and that version of validator expects javax.validation.Payload, a JEE 6 class that did not exist in JEE 5.

So I still need a version of validator that is compatible with JEE 5. Where do I find it?

This is very troubling. If Hibernate has given up supporting even one version back from the current JEE, then it is no longer viable for enterprise applications. Or is it perhaps an inadvertent messup?

You are missing the Bean Validation API JAR which also can can be used on Java EE 5 (and Java SE). This JAR can be found in the distribution as described in the Hibernate Validator readme file (https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-validator):



Note that when using HV 5.x on Java EE 5, you likely don't have to copy the EL JARs from dist/lib/required as they should be provided by the container.

--Gunnar