6.2 series - Hibernate Validator

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Hibernate Validator 6.2 is in limited support mode:

releases may be delayed until a significant need arises;
bugs will only be fixed if they are considered significant enough or in the context of paid support;
pull requests against this version might be rejected for bugs that are not considered critical enough;
bug reproducers using this version will be given lower priority.

We recommend that you upgrade to a newer series if possible or look for paid support.

Compatibility

Java	8, 11 or 17
Jakarta Bean Validation	2.0
Jakarta EE	8

Not compatible with your requirements? Have a look at the other series.

See also the Compatibility policy and Maintenance policy.

Documentation

Documentation for Hibernate Validator 6.2 can be accessed through the links below:

Getting started guide HTML PDF

What's new HTML

Migration guide HTML

Reference HTML PDF API (Javadoc)

You can find more documentation for all series on the documentation page.

How to get it

Current series status: limited-support

Maven artifacts of Hibernate Validator are published to Maven Central. Most build tools fetch artifacts from Maven Central by default, but if that's not the case for you, see this page to configure your build tool.

You can find the Maven coordinates of all artifacts through the link below:

Maven artifacts

Below are the Maven coordinates of the main artifacts.

Core implementation

CDI integration

Annotation processor

All Maven artifacts of this project released after 2022-02-08 are signed.

To verify signed Maven artifacts, head to this page.

Direct download

A ZIP archive containing all JAR files, documentation and source is available from SourceForge:

Download ZIP archive

Individual Maven artifacts may be downloaded directly from the Maven repository:

Maven Central subdirectory

See here for how to download all dependencies of your Maven project to a local directory on your filesystem.

See here for how to download an explicitly listed set of artifacts to a local directory on your filesystem.

More information about specific releases (announcements, download links) can be found here.

What's new

A detailed list of new features, improvements and fixes in this series can be found on our issue tracker.

Jakarta Bean Validation

Hibernate Validator 6.2 uses the Jakarta Bean Validation API artifact i.e. jakarta.validation:jakarta.validation-api in version 2 and with the javax.validation.* package name.

No API changes.

Expression Language overhaul

Expression Language disabled by default for custom violations.

Ability to define the Expression Language features enabled for more safety.

@SafeHtml removal

The @SafeHtml constraint marked as deprecated for a while has been dropped from the codebase.

Development versions (SNAPSHOTS)

The latest development versions of Maven artifacts for Hibernate Validator are published to the Sonatype Maven Central snapshots repository.

Sonatype Maven Central snapshots subdirectory

You should only need those (unstable) versions for testing recently merged patches, and should never use them in production.

To consume these artifacts, you may need to configure your build tool to fetch artifacts from https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots and to enable snapshots:

Maven Gradle

Releases in this series

Hibernate Validator 6.2 is in limited maintenance mode: we recommend that you upgrade to a newer series if possible or look for paid support.

Hibernate Validator

6.2 series limited-support

Keep javax.* packages, Expression Language overhaul, @SafeHtml removal