After installed the Hibernate Validator 4.0.0 beta 2 package, I can't get the validator annotation right. For example, I get the org.hibernate.validation.constraints.Length for @Length, but not org.hibernate.validator.Length. And I get javax.validation.constraints.NotNull for @NotNull, but not org.hibernate.validator.NotNull. I can't get the email annotation. What is missing?

My guess is that the org.hibernate.validator is the 3.x version and the org.hibernate.validation is the 4.0 version.

I downloaded the binaries from sourceforge, and installed them to my local repository using maven. Here's my dependencies:

<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
<version>4.0.0.CR1</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
<version>1.0.CR5</version>
</dependency>


This is the most recent version info I can find (as of two weeks ago, which is when I last looked). For more recent changes, you'll have to go to the svn repo.

Thanks for your information.

I lately find that the Validator package doesn't make my life easier when I need it in a web front end input data for some more complex validation logic.

@bryan.dollery: there's no need to install the libraries manually