RE: [Hibernate-devel] Validation interface?

[Anton v. S. <an...@ap...>]

> Would anyone have a use for a new callback interface
>
> public interface Validatable {
>   public void validate() throws ValidationException;
> }
>
> that would be called just before saving or updating an object's state?

Yes, I would.  I used something virtually identical in my home-grown
persistence code, before switching to Hibernate, and found it very useful.

> (Remember, i'm trying to avoid turning Hibernate into a framework.)

I think as long as things like this are small, low-overhead, optional, and
useful, they're good.  This one seems to qualify...

Anton