How to avoid cross dependency between layers because of @Constraint validatedBy?

Question

In our project we have Service and DAO layers in separate Maven modules. Service module depends on DAO module and works with it\'s entities. The problem is that we can\'t pu

Answer 1

You may use an XML based constraint mapping to assign a validator to your constraint to avoid the reference from the annotation to the validator implementation.

The BV 1.1 EG is also discussing some improvements in that area. Feel free to weigh in on the issue on the mailing list.