Hibernate Validator

5.2 series end-of-life

Java 8 support and more

Hibernate Validator 5.2 has reached its end-of-life:

  • it is unlikely to see another release;

  • bugs are unlikely to get fixed in this version, even security vulnerabilities;

  • pull requests against this version will be rejected;

  • bug reproducers using this version will be given lower priority.

We encourage you to upgrade to a newer series if possible.

Compatibility

Java 6, 7 or 8
Bean Validation 1.1

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

See also the Compatibility policy.

Documentation

Documentation for Hibernate Validator 5.2 can be accessed through the links below:

HTML PDF API (JavaDoc)

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

How to get it

Hibernate Validator 5.2 has reached its end-of-life: we recommend you use a newer series if possible.

Maven, Gradle...

Maven artifacts of Hibernate Validator are published to Maven Central.

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

Maven artifacts

Below are the Maven coordinates of the main artifacts.

org.hibernate:hibernate-validator:5.2.4.Final
Core implementation
org.hibernate:hibernate-validator-cdi:5.2.4.Final
CDI integration
org.hibernate:hibernate-validator-osgi:5.2.4.Final
OSGi integration
org.hibernate:hibernate-validator-annotation-processor:5.2.4.Final
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 Maven Central:

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.

Getting started

Hibernate Validator 5.2 has reached its end-of-life: we recommend you use a newer series if possible.

If you want to start using Hibernate Validator 5.2, please refer to the getting started guide:

HTML PDF

Migrating

If you need to upgrade from a previous series, please refer to the migration guide:

HTML

What's new

Latest release announcement (2016-02-17): 5.2.4.Final.

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

Releases in this series

Hibernate Validator 5.2 has reached its end-of-life: we recommend you use a newer series if possible.

5.2.4.Final

2016-02-17

bug fixes related to default group sequence handling

How to get it Getting started

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

5.2.3.Final

2016-01-27

bug fixes, allow to use on JDK 9

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

5.2.2.Final

2015-09-29

bug fixes, improved annotation ignore options in constraint declaration API

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

5.2.1.Final

2015-07-30

Java 8 support and more

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

5.2.0.CR1

2015-05-22

Bug fix release

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

5.2.0.Beta1

2015-02-24

Specify external ClassLoader, features.xml, ConstraintMapping- and ConstraintDefinitionContributor

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

5.2.0.Alpha1

2014-10-22

Java 8 and much more ...

Maven artifacts Download Resolved issues Release announcement

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