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Hibernate Validator 9.1.0.Beta1 is out

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Hibernate Validator is the reference implementation for the Bean Validation specification. For more information, see Hibernate Validator on hibernate.org.

We just published Hibernate Validator 9.1.0.Beta1, the next release of the new 9.1 series of Hibernate Validator.

Compared to the previous release in this series, 9.1.0.Beta1 contains a new constraint, few improvements, fixes and dependency updates.

As this release includes significant changes to the processed bean tracking, path implementation and related areas, we encourage users to give it a try and report any findings, especially if there are non-trivial validation scenarios.

What’s new

IpAddress constraint

The new @IpAddress constraint validates that the corresponding string is a well-formed IP address. This constraint provides a IpAddress.Type enum with the IP address types it can validate: IPv4, IPv6 or ANY. By default, IpAddress.ANY is used, which allows validating all the other address types listed in the IpAddress.Type enum.

@IpAddress (1)
String address;
// ...
@IpAddress(type = IpAddress.Type.IPv6) (2)
private String address;
1 Using a default configuration of the @IpAddress constraint, where both IPv4 and IPv6 address types are considered valid.
2 Applying the @IpAddress constraint, where only the IPv6 addresses are considered valid.

Other improvements and bug fixes

  • HV-2147: Bump Apache Groovy to 5.0.2

  • HV-2144: Update to com.fasterxml:classmate 1.7.1

  • HV-2143: Apply the unified Hibernate Documentation theme

Please see the release notes for a complete list of changes since the previous releases.

How to get this release

Hibernate Validator 9 targets the Jakarta EE 11.

All details are available and up to date on the dedicated page on hibernate.org.

Getting started, migrating

For new applications, please refer to the getting started guide:

For existing applications, Hibernate Validator 9.1 is a drop-in replacement for 9.0. Information about deprecated configuration and API is included in the migration guide.

Feedback, issues, ideas?

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