The expert group is agonizing on a specific issue. We need your feedback. Should getters be considered regular methods and thus be validated when called? The problem Existing applications put Bean Validation constraints on properties (ie getters). If we enable validations when getters are called, some applications might fail and Bean Validation would not be backward compatible. Besides, it is unlikely that you want to validate genuine getters when they are called. These are state, not operati...
