Hibernate Validator 9.0.0.CR1

This is the Hibernate Validator API documentation. Hibernate Validator is the reference implementation of Jakarta Validation 3.1.

All classes fall into three categories:

• spi: Classes with spi in the package name are service provider interfaces intended to be implemented or extended by users of Hibernate Validator.
• internal: Classes with internal in the package name are Hibernate Validator specific classes which are not intended for use. Internal classes can change at any time and no guarantee is given regarding backwards compatibility.
• public: Classes with neither spi or internal in the package name are considered public and can be used or extended by users. If changes to this classes are necessary there will be a deprecation first.

Package	Description
org.hibernate.validator	Bootstrap classes HibernateValidator and HibernateValidatorConfiguration which uniquely identify Hibernate Validator and allow to configure it.
org.hibernate.validator.ap	This package contains the main class of Hibernate Validator annotation processor.
org.hibernate.validator.cdi	Public types dealing with the integration of Hibernate Validator and CDI ("Contexts and Dependency Injection for JavaTM", JSR 346).
org.hibernate.validator.cdi.interceptor.spi
org.hibernate.validator.cdi.spi
org.hibernate.validator.cfg	Entry point for the programmatic constraint definition API.
org.hibernate.validator.cfg.context	Contains facet and creational context interfaces forming the API for programmatic constraint definition.
org.hibernate.validator.cfg.defs	Constraint definition classes for programmatic constraint definition API.
org.hibernate.validator.cfg.defs.br	Brazil specific constraint definition classes for programmatic constraint definition API.
org.hibernate.validator.cfg.defs.kor	Korean specific constraint definition classes for programmatic constraint definition API.
org.hibernate.validator.cfg.defs.pl	Poland specific constraint definition classes for programmatic constraint definition API.
org.hibernate.validator.cfg.defs.ru	Russian specific constraint definition classes for programmatic constraint definition API.
org.hibernate.validator.constraints	Hibernate Validator specific constraints.
org.hibernate.validator.constraints.br	Hibernate Validator Brazilian constraints.
org.hibernate.validator.constraints.kor	Hibernate Validator Korean constraints.
org.hibernate.validator.constraints.pl	Hibernate Validator Polish constraints.
org.hibernate.validator.constraints.ru	Hibernate Validator Russian constraints.
org.hibernate.validator.constraints.time	Hibernate Validator Duration constraints.
org.hibernate.validator.constraintvalidation	Custom Hibernate Validator specific constraint validation extension classes.
org.hibernate.validator.constraintvalidation.spi
org.hibernate.validator.constraintvalidators
org.hibernate.validator.engine
org.hibernate.validator.group	This package provides support for dynamic default group sequence definition.
org.hibernate.validator.messageinterpolation	Implementations of the MessageInterpolator interface in particular ResourceBundleMessageInterpolator which can be used by custom implementations of the interface for delegation.
org.hibernate.validator.metadata
org.hibernate.validator.parameternameprovider	Custom Hibernate Validator jakarta.validation.ParameterNameProvider implementations.
org.hibernate.validator.path	Hibernate Validator extensions around jakarta.validation.Path.
org.hibernate.validator.resourceloading	ResourceBundleLocator interface and its various implementations.
org.hibernate.validator.spi.cfg
org.hibernate.validator.spi.group	This package provides support for dynamic default group sequence definition.
org.hibernate.validator.spi.messageinterpolation
org.hibernate.validator.spi.nodenameprovider
org.hibernate.validator.spi.properties	This package provides support for customizing the getter detection logic.
org.hibernate.validator.spi.resourceloading	ResourceBundleLocator interface.
org.hibernate.validator.spi.scripting	This package provides support for customization of the script evaluation for ScriptAssert and ParameterScriptAssert constraints.
org.hibernate.validator.testutil	This package contains utility classes for testing