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I know you have been waiting in anticipation, but now it is available - Hibernate Validator 5.2.1.Final :-). Given that it is a drop-in replacement for all 5.x releases, there is no reason to delay an upgrade. Just go and get it.
For the more cautious, here again the highlights of the 5.2 release with pointers to more information.
Moving along towards a 5.2 Final, we are happy to announce the release of Hibernate Validator 5.2.0.CR1. The main goal of this release was to fix bugs and polish some of the new features. For example, we reviewed the Optional validation support and made sure its behavior is (what we think) consistent in all cases. You can find the full change log on JIRA.
After some time in the making, we are happy to announce the first Hibernate Validator release of the 5.2 series - 5.2.0.Alpha1. This release focuses mainly on Java 8 support, but we will get to this in a bit.
This post is about validation, Bean Validation specifically. And the what it solves. It is a reaction to a post by Julien Tournay which basically claims - if I sum it up - that:
I am happy to announce Hibernate Validator 5.1.0.CR1, hopefully (fingers crossed) the last release prior Final. We used the release for last adjustments and some bug fixes.
It has been a while since the first alpha release of Validator 5.1, but as the saying goes: Haste makes waste
:-)
There is a lot going on in the Hibernate universe and over the last few months we have been
especially busy with projects like Search and OGM.
Not to speak of the new Hibernate website. Sigh, if we just had more contributors lending a
hand (hint, hint).
Emmanuel is headed to JavaOne, where you can see his hands-on presentations: live on stage coding showing the latest features of Hibernate Search and Bean Validation. It's a unique experience to see how easy it is to get started with these technologies, and also what powerful features they can provide you in just one hour coding.
With the release of Hibernate Validator 5.1.0.Alpha1 just out, it is time to pick up on the Bean Validation 1.1 spotlight series and cast a light onto method validation. Long time Hibernate Validator users know that method validation is part of Validator since version 4.2, however only as a provider specific featue. Bean Validation 1.1 makes method validation now part of the specification.
